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Scar Tissue, Michael Ignatieff ’s second novel, was published in 1993 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize of the same year. Plot summary. The book details one woman’s struggle with Alzheimer's (or dementia, it’s not clear) and how her family respond to it.
- Michael Ignatieff
- 212 pp.
- mental illness
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Jun 15, 2000 · At the heart of Michael Ignatieff's riveting novel about a woman's descent into Alzheimer's are the tangled threads of a Midwestern family, frayed by time and tragedy yet still connected - as much by pride, embarrassed love, and sibling rivalry as by the painful ties of family loyalty.
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Jan 1, 1993 · The Booker Library. Books. Scar Tissue. Written by Michael Ignatieff. Michael Ignatieff’s powerful novel explores the bonds of memory, their configuration in identity, and their relationship to love, loyalty and death. The unnamed narrator is a young Englishman whose mother is dying of Alzheimer’s disease.
Jan 1, 1994 · Hardcover – January 1, 1994. Chronicles one woman's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her sons' painful witness to the tragedy, which is enhanced by their careers in philosophy and neurology and by strengthened family bonds. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
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- Michael Ignatieff
Jan 1, 1993 · 354 ratings46 reviews. At the heart of Michael Ignatieff's riveting novel about a woman's descent into Alzheimer's are the tangled threads of a Midwestern family, frayed by time and tragedy yet still connected - as much by pride, embarrassed love, and sibling rivalry as by the painful ties of family loyalty.
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Scar tissue by Ignatieff, Michael. Publication date 1994 Topics Mothers and sons, Alzheimer's disease, Parents, Bereavement, Families, Alzheimer's disease ...
At the heart of Michael Ignatieff's riveting novel about a woman's descent into neurological illness are the tangled threads of a Midwestern family, frayed by time and tragedy yet still...
