Sanatorium Paperback / softback
by Abi Palmer
Paperback / softback
Description
A young woman spends a month taking the waters at a thermal water-based rehabilitation facility in Budapest.
On her return to London, she attempts to continue her recovery using an 80 pound inflatable blue bathtub.
The tub becomes a metaphor for the intrusion of disability; a trip hazard in the middle of an unsuitable room, slowly deflating and in constant danger of falling apart. Sanatorium moves through contrasting spaces - bathtub to thermal pool, land to water, day to night - interlacing memoir, poetry and meditations on the body to create a mesmerising, mercurial debut. 'There is a dreamlike quality to Abi Palmer's exquisite Sanatorium.
In lucid, gorgeous prose, she tells the story of a body, of illness and of navigating the complicated wellness industry, but ultimately this is a book about what it means to be alive.
A striking, experimental debut that will stay with me.' Sinéad GleesonShortlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Penned in the Margins
- Publication Date:20/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781908058713
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Penned in the Margins
- Publication Date:20/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781908058713