The Wounded Storyteller

Updated second edition: “A bold and imaginative book which moves our thinking about narratives of illness in new directions.” — Sociology of Heath and Illness Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. A collective portrait of a so-called “remission society” of those who suffer from illness or disability, as well as a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Arthur W. Frank’s boo