On Immunity: An Inoculation
An Inoculation
Eula Biss
ISBN: | 9781555977207 |
Publisher: | Graywolf Pr |
Published: | 15 September, 2015 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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On Immunity: An Inoculation
An Inoculation
Eula Biss
A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year, On Immunity by Eula Biss--now in paperback In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cannot immunize our children, or ourselves, against the world. As she explores the metaphors surrounding immunity, Biss extends her conversations with other mothers to meditations on the myth of Achilles, Voltaire's Candide, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Susan Sontag's AIDS and Its Metaphors, and beyond. On Immunity is an inoculation against our fear and a moving account of how we are all interconnected--our bodies and our fates.
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