Wise Before Their Time: People With AIDS And HIV Talks About Their Lives - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006276482 ISBN 13 : 9780006276487

Editeur : Fount, 1992

Synopsis

Unlike most books describing people with AIDS and HIV, this one is compiled almost entirely from their own words. The idea was conceived in the course of planning the 5th International Conference of People with HIV and AIDS, which took place in London in September 1991, with about 550 participants from more than 50 countries. One of the book's editors, Dietmar Bolle, who died from AIDS in January 1992 after a seven-year fight, was the organizer of the conference. He invited applicants to send, with their registration forms, their personal stories for possible publication, and these accounts were supplemented with interviews.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

They are young and they have a life-threatening disease... The year is 1991. Diagnoses of HIV are rising and there is no cure in sight. Coming from all corners of the world, forty-one young men and women talk about living with HIV and AIDS. They must cope with the enormous stigma, blame and guilt associated with the disease. And there are challenges in telling their parents and partners, trying to keep healthy and looking for work – all while facing an inevitably shortened future. Yet they remain committed to celebrating the joys of life as much as they can. The book is a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit. First published in 1992, this book tells their unique stories in their own words. ‘This collection of true stories is as powerful as any great classic of fiction’ Sir Ian McKellen

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fount
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006276482
• ISBN 13: 9780006276487
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Éditeur: Bolle Dietmar, Richardson Ann
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Silvia Ruiz Crespo; silviaruizcrespo3@icloud.com; a11.cyberbull@gmail.com; ; Calle otamendi; Madrid; Madrid; 28039; Espagne