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A singular, compassionate history of humanity, told through the lens of a misunderstood disease.
A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Shocking, moving and sensitive.' TLS
'Uplifting.' THE TIMES
'Fascinating.' SPECTATOR
'Remarkable.' LITERARY REVIEW
'Gripping.' NATURE
WINNER OF THE 2023 RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD
The story of leprosy is the story of humanity.
It is a story of isolation and exclusion, of resilience and resistance, one which has permeated global cultures in myriad ways for thousands of years, dividing the world into the 'clean' and the 'unclean'.
Oliver Basciano's journey to demystify leprosy takes him from the Romanian border, the hinterlands of Brazil and the fringes of Siberia to the Japanese archipelago, Robben Island and the northern provinces of Mozambique. It reveals the image of medieval leprosy to be a nineteenth-century myth invented to justify gross mistreatment of patients, a blueprint used for further state-sanctioned stigma: colonialism and racism, religious and economic exploitation.
Basciano meets those living with leprosy today, those exiled to various leprosaria around the world and forced to find homes away from home; he hears stories of community and perseverance in the face of grave circumstances, of lives bound to each other through shared experience and a refusal to be cast aside.
A work of outstanding empathy, Outcast shines new light on the human condition, asking: does a society's sense of itself always rely on ostracisation?
'Remarkable . . . grippingly and humanely recounted.'
PHILIPPE SANDS
'It is impossible not to be moved by the lives unfolding in these pages, impossible not to be left transformed and enlightened. '
LEILA ABOULELA
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Easy Access System Europe
gpsr.requests@easproject.com
A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Shocking, moving and sensitive.' TLS
'Uplifting.' THE TIMES
'Fascinating.' SPECTATOR
'Remarkable.' LITERARY REVIEW
'Gripping.' NATURE
WINNER OF THE 2023 RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD
The story of leprosy is the story of humanity.
It is a story of isolation and exclusion, of resilience and resistance, one which has permeated global cultures in myriad ways for thousands of years, dividing the world into the 'clean' and the 'unclean'.
Oliver Basciano's journey to demystify leprosy takes him from the Romanian border, the hinterlands of Brazil and the fringes of Siberia to the Japanese archipelago, Robben Island and the northern provinces of Mozambique. It reveals the image of medieval leprosy to be a nineteenth-century myth invented to justify gross mistreatment of patients, a blueprint used for further state-sanctioned stigma: colonialism and racism, religious and economic exploitation.
Basciano meets those living with leprosy today, those exiled to various leprosaria around the world and forced to find homes away from home; he hears stories of community and perseverance in the face of grave circumstances, of lives bound to each other through shared experience and a refusal to be cast aside.
A work of outstanding empathy, Outcast shines new light on the human condition, asking: does a society's sense of itself always rely on ostracisation?
'Remarkable . . . grippingly and humanely recounted.'
PHILIPPE SANDS
'It is impossible not to be moved by the lives unfolding in these pages, impossible not to be left transformed and enlightened. '
LEILA ABOULELA
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Easy Access System Europe
gpsr.requests@easproject.com
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Data wydania: 16.07.2026
Liczba stron: 320
Wymiary: 12.9x19.8
Typ okładki:miękka okładka
Wydawca: Faber & Faber
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Tytuł:Outcast
EAN: 9780571384310
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