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Ink in the Blood: A Hospital Diary [Kindle Edition]

Hilary Mantel
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During the summer after Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize for Wolf Hall, she fell very ill. Just how ill is described in her extraordinary hospital diary.

During the summer after Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize for Wolf Hall, she fell very ill. Just how ill is described in her extraordinary diary, Ink in the Blood. Originally published in the London Review of Books, it is one of the most incredible and haunting essays published in a very long time. In the diary she explores in forensic detail her loss of dignity, her determination, the concentration of the senses into an animalistic struggle to get through, and the attendant hallucinations she was plagued by.


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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 134 KB
  • Print Length: 18 pages
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate (15 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004GJXQ0C
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,621 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Excellent stuff from Hilary Mantel, an ebook only publication so just right for the new Kindle, it had echoes of Beyond Black as she tells the story of a traumatic hospital stay full of horror and hallucinations.Sadly, a real experience. I am so glad that the success of Wolf Hall has allowed her to buy the flat overlooking the sea that she always wanted.
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Fantastic 8 Sep 2011
By lilysmum VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition
This diary of a hospital stay is just gripping. I devoured it in one sitting. It's not long enough. If you have had a recent stay in hospital or you want to know how it feels, this is the one for you.
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This little book is a distillation of Hilary Mantel's experiences in hospital following a major operation. I found it illuminating and interesting. She puts into words that feeling of physical helplessness that everyone experiences when they are seriously ill. How small things such as how a bed is made and a sheet straightened assume gigantic proportions and how simply eating a small amount of food feels like climbing Everest.

I loved the way her hallucinations were described and the way she dwelled for a lot of the time in a sort of half life. She felt safe if she could write and a pad and a pen were the things which meant the most to her. I think anyone who has been in hospital would benefit from reading this book if only because it will reassure them they are not alone in having strange feelings when ill. This is one book I shall be re-reading.
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