The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee

Genre: Nonfiction, Science, History

Synopsis:

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (  The New Yorker )—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.

Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years.

The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist.

Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.

Format: Hardcover, 571 pages

Awards: Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2011), Guardian First Book Award for None (2011), J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for None (2011), Wellcome Book Prize for Shortlist (2011), National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (2010), PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for None (2011), Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction (2012)

Goodreads Rating: 4.34

*This book is pre-loved, but has been carefully looked through to ensure it is not missing any pages and is in good condition. All visible flaws have been documented in the product photos.

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