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A review by missnicolerose
The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka
4.0
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Beautiful and heartbreaking story of a doctor who must decide how to tell his own father that he is dying of terminal cancer. Would you want to know if you only had a short time left on earth? Would you want to be the one responsible for telling a loved one their fate? How do you cope with knowing you're going to die or lose a loved one?
While Dr. Miranda must explore these questions, he must also face the hypochondriac who has been obsessively trying to contact the doctor for advice, and ends up corresponding with his secretary instead.
Each character must face their own mortality in one way or another. Barrera Tszka does a great job of addressing illness and mortality concisesly but also compassionately.
Beautiful and heartbreaking story of a doctor who must decide how to tell his own father that he is dying of terminal cancer. Would you want to know if you only had a short time left on earth? Would you want to be the one responsible for telling a loved one their fate? How do you cope with knowing you're going to die or lose a loved one?
While Dr. Miranda must explore these questions, he must also face the hypochondriac who has been obsessively trying to contact the doctor for advice, and ends up corresponding with his secretary instead.
Each character must face their own mortality in one way or another. Barrera Tszka does a great job of addressing illness and mortality concisesly but also compassionately.