Iron Lung
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
191680604X
ISBN-13
9781916806047
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Imprint
Peirene Press Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 22nd, 2025
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
248 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 12.80 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Fiction in translation
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Set in Copenhagen during the terrifying polio epidemic of the early 1950s, Iron Lung is a poetic allegory of adolescence, and an unsettling and subtle exploration of sexuality, medicine, and technology.
A girl is struck down by polio during the terrifying epidemic of the early 1950s. Paralyzed and unable to breathe on her own, she is committed to the hospital in Copenhagen and placed in an iron lung. Forty years earlier, a child grows up in an orphanage for boys outside of Budapest. The child goes by the name of ''Boy'' but is not like the others, as their body seems to transcend the categories of boy or girl. Between these two young people, there is a powerful, enigmatic bond that stretches across time and space. Iron Lung is a poetic allegory of adolescence, and an unsettling and subtle commentary on sexuality, medicine, and technology.
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