The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World -- Elaine Scarry, Paperback

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The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World -- Elaine Scarry, PaperbackPart philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analysis of physical suffering and its relation to the numerous vocabularies and cultural forces literary, political, philosophical, medical, religious that confront it. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case

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ISBN: 9781636410098

For as long as historical records have existed

With nuance and depth

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Fate intervenes--with shocking consequences

Abdul decides his stories just aren't meant to be written down

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what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government--and will alter the course of political history

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" -Booklist Starred Review IBPA Award Silver Winner Northern Lights Book Award Winner

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