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Cancerlandia!
Juan Alvarado Valdivia
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Description for Cancerlandia!
Paperback. Comic and unsparing, Cancerlandia! chronicles Alvarado Valdivia's journey as he not only fights to survive his personified adversary, Mr. Hodgkins, but also as he struggles with his own self-destructive spirit." Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 525.
Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma three weeks after his thirtieth birthday, Juan Alvarado Valdivia finds himself immersed in Cancerlandia—oncology appointments, waiting rooms, and chemotherapy infusions at San Francisco General Hospital. Afraid that the illness will destroy his fledgling relationship and writing aspirations, Alvarado Valdivia tries to lead a normal life. He bikes three miles to his treatments while listening to heavy metal, attends writing workshops, and continues his hard-partying ways. When his girlfriend Paola ends their on-again, off-again relationship after a particularly troubling episode of binge drinking, he begins to acknowledge his anger and alcohol abuse.
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Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma three weeks after his thirtieth birthday, Juan Alvarado Valdivia finds himself immersed in Cancerlandia—oncology appointments, waiting rooms, and chemotherapy infusions at San Francisco General Hospital. Afraid that the illness will destroy his fledgling relationship and writing aspirations, Alvarado Valdivia tries to lead a normal life. He bikes three miles to his treatments while listening to heavy metal, attends writing workshops, and continues his hard-partying ways. When his girlfriend Paola ends their on-again, off-again relationship after a particularly troubling episode of binge drinking, he begins to acknowledge his anger and alcohol abuse.
Comic and unsparing, ¡Cancerlandia! ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826341891
SKU
V9780826341891
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About Juan Alvarado Valdivia
Juan Alvarado Valdivia is a Peruvian American writer who was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He received his MFA in creative writing from Saint Mary’s College of California, USA. He lives in Oakland with his wife.
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