num_pages: 124
description: In this unique book the text and visual images offer parallel narratives that resonate poignantly with each other.The paintings quietly reflect the alienating experience of hospitalisation. The story is a gripping account by a lonely man who is diagnosed with cancer just before his retirement. The night before a scheduled operation he starts writnng a memorandum about a strange conversation he was party to during his previous stay in hospital and the profound effect it hads on his life. Durinfg the act of writing he comes to a life-changing decision.
language: English
title: Memorandum: A Story with Paintings
publisher: Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd