The
novel cure
from abandoment to zestlessness : 751 Books to Cure What Ails You
Berthoud, Ella.
creator
Elderkin, Susan
1968-
text
nyu
2013
monographic
eng
420 pages : 24 cm
The authors frame this book as a "literary apothecary." The book contains an alphabetical listing of emotional, mental, and physical ailments such as shyness, a broken heart, paranoia, anxiety, baldness, a broken leg, and even caring for someone with cancer. Each ailment and hardship is followed by at least one suggestion for a novel that, according to the authors, serves as "literary medicine.
Introduction--
Ailments a to z--
Acknowledgents--
Ten-best list index--
Author index--
Novel title index.
Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.
Includes index.
Fiction
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Theory, etc
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PN 3352 B542n 2014
809.3
9780143125938 (paperbacks)
2013017177
DLC
130528
20240611112854.0
114861
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