A Smell of Burning :A Memoir of Epilepsy
A Smell of Burning :A Memoir of Epilepsy
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Published:
3 August, 2017
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099597872 |
| ISBN10 | 009959787X |
| Number Of Pages | 256 |
| Item Weight | 181 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 16 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
[A] brilliant, tender book… An extraordinary work of love and art, which left me choked with tears. -- Maggie Gee * Observer *
A moving memoir as well as a historical study of epilepsy… With verve and sensitivity, Grant tells the stories of individual sufferers. -- James McConnachie * Sunday Times, Book of the Year *
Grant’s exploration of the literary, political, medical and scientific history of epilepsy is hugely compelling; his telling of the story of two brothers transcends the book’s twin genres and leaves us with a wry, gentle masterpiece. -- Seamus Sweeney * Times Literary Supplement *
A fascinating personal and historical account. ***** -- Helen Brown * Sunday Telegraph *
A flawless amalgam of personal memoir, mind science and medical history. -- Ian Thomson * Spectator *
In writing A Smell of Burning… Grant may yet save more lives as a writer than he did as a doctor. -- Helen Brown * Daily Telegraph *
As a memoir of Christopher’s trajectory of illness it is tenderly expressed, and the book is a poignant evocation of grief and regret. -- Gavin Francis * Guardian *
He brings a core of expert knowledge and skill as a communicator to the story… [An] absorbing and sometimes horrifying tale. -- John Gribbon * Literary Review *
At its best is like the works of other medics-turned-authors Atul Gawande and Henry Marsh. -- Tom Whipple * The Times *
[Grant] helps us gain an eminently accessible insight into a world that…is still shrouded in mystery. It is a touching tale of brotherly love. -- Helen Davies * Sunday Times *
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Author's Bio
Colin Grant is an author, historian and critic. He has written acclaimed biographies of the Wailers and of Marcus Garvey. Bageye at the Wheel, his memoir of growing up in a Caribbean family in 1970s Luton, was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize. His history of epilepsy, A Smell of Burning, was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. His most recent book, I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be was a New Statesman Book of the Year. He is director of WritersMosaic, a division of the RLF, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.