The Undying By Anne Boyer

The Undying By Anne Boyer free pdf download. The Undying is a poignant memoir that chronicles the author’s personal battle with breast cancer and her critique of the capitalist healthcare system. Diagnosed with an aggressive form of triple-negative breast cancer just a week after her forty-first birthday, Boyer, a single mother and renowned poet, found herself navigating the unfamiliar role of a patient.

The narrative examines the experience of illness as mediated by digital screens, incorporating elements from ancient Roman dream diarists, cancer hoaxers and fetishists, cancer vloggers, corporate deceptions, John Donne, pro-pain “dolorists,” the environmental impact of chemotherapy, and the numerous subtle fatalities of capitalism.

It also scrutinizes the insincere hypocrisies of “pink ribbon culture” while delving into the long literary tradition of women documenting their own illnesses and ongoing deaths. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2020.

The Undying By Anne Boyer Book Info:

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Published: September 17, 2019
• ISBN: 0241399726
• Pages: 209
• Size: 1.91

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