num_pages: 208
description: Rarely has so painful a subject-being sick-produced so exhilarating a book. His writing if full of wisdom and panache. He manages to turn physical affliction into literary gold. A series of moving, often hilarious meditations on chronic illness that remind us, in prose that mesmerizes, of the remakable tenacity of the human spirit.
language: English
title: The Night-Side: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & The Illness Experience
titlecomplete: The Night-Side: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & The Illness Experience
genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 18
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Finalist)
publisher: Story Line Press