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A review by thebookboy
Undying: A Love Story by Michel Faber
5.0
Intimate, harrowing, lyrical, but most, importantly, filled with love. This collection of poetry is Faber's love letter to his dead wife in which he transforms the experience of her slowly dying of incurable cancer and their days filled with fear and sadness into a beautiful and hauntingly real collection of poems that I know will stick with me.
The love Faber had for his wife is absolutely palpable, and he doesn't shy away or overdramatise the harsh realities that suffering from cancer brings to both the patient and their loved ones. There is magic in the mundane here and celebration in the exceptional - totally, sadly, exquisite from start to finish.
The love Faber had for his wife is absolutely palpable, and he doesn't shy away or overdramatise the harsh realities that suffering from cancer brings to both the patient and their loved ones. There is magic in the mundane here and celebration in the exceptional - totally, sadly, exquisite from start to finish.