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Cargando... The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death. (1998)por Gene Weingarten
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is a nice summary, defining hypochondria, giving examples of behavior of hypochontriacs, and providing possible dire diagnoses for common symptoms. It pokes gentle fun at hypochondriacs but also emphasizes the true fragility of the human body. Intelligent and humorous! ( ) A humorous guide to all the things that might be in the process of killing you right now, including your own rampaging hypochondria. Generally amusing, occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, even mildly informative and, in the end, a little poignant, in a darkly tongue-in-cheek kind of way. But, man, if I wasn't a hypochondriac when I started reading, I probably am now. Which is good timing, I guess, what with the whole swine flu thing. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
When every hiccup sounds like the call of doom, each stomach pang hints at incipient cancer, and a headache means it's time to firm up your last will and testament, The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death. provides just the relief you need. Gene Weingarten has spent his whole life immersed in the eclectic details of bizarre symptoms, self-diagnosing every minor ache as a potentially deadly disease. Weingarten examines: The mind of a hypochondriac How your doctor can kill you Ulcers and other visceral fears The snaps, crackles, and pops of your body that spell disaster Things that can take an eye out Interpreting DocSpeak Blending the neurotic anxieties of Woody Allen, the folksiness of Garrison Keillor, and the absurdist vision of Dave Barry, Gene Weingarten conjures up a hilarious prescription for the hypochondriac that lurks inside all of us. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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