Reading with ALS: literature as a lifeline

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  • Language : Arabic
  • Subject : Biography
  • Author : Pieter Steinz
  • ISBN : 9789774281594
  • Year : 2021

Literary enthusiast Pieter Steinz was diagnosed with ALS in the summer of 2013 and learned that his quality of life would rapidly decline. Six months later, he began a weekly journal connecting the progression of his illness with the books he was reading or rereading. This is a moving chronicle of not only a death foretold, but also an unexpected glimpse into world literature.

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Book Details

Title Reading with ALS: literature as a lifeline
Language Arabic
Subject Biography
Author
ISBN 9789774281594
Year
Native Title مغزى القراءة
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Edition
Pages 247
Native Author Name بيتر تاينس
Size 21 cm

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