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A macabre meditation on psoriasis

27 November 2021

9:00 AM

27 November 2021

9:00 AM

Skin Sergio del Molino, translated by Thomas Bunstead

Polity Press, pp.220, 20

Obsessed with purity and pain, the boundaries of blame and innocence, Skin is a fascinating meditation on psoriasis, the long-lasting chronic skin condition. Sergio del Molino, a Spanish writer and journalist, slowly guides us into his world of intense physical discomfort (most treatments of psoriasis only deal with its symptoms, rather than healing its immunological causes), but combines this private hell with provocative reflections on fellow sufferers.

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