Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer
2022
Milflores Publishing
About the author:
Dr. Wilfredo Liangco is a medical oncologist who obtained his medical degree at the UP College of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and medical oncology at the Philippine General Hospital. This first book is a finalist for the 41st National Book Awards (to be awarded in 2024) and the Madrigal-Gonzalez first book award for 2023. He joined the Bienvenido N Santos Creative Writing Center and has participated in the 1st Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop on Pathography: Writing the Pandemic.
About the book:
Title: Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer
Nonfiction
Pages: 300
ISBN: 978-971-828-121-5
Publisher: Milflores Publishing
Year of publication: 2022
Rights available: World rights
Arabic language rights sold.
Awards: 41st Philippine National Book Awards finalist, Creative Nonfiction in English and University of the Philippines Madrigal-Gonzalez First Book Awards
Original language: English
A blunt, hilarious--and heartbreaking--collection of essays, Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer, is a candid and hysterical account of the realities of life in and out of the Philippine General Hospital. Based on his years of training as a medical intern and oncology fellow, the collection details sleepless nights, late stipends, and life-and-death decisions in the context of the imperfect Philippine healthcare system.
Comp title: Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt; Oliver Sack's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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Andrea Pasion-Flores
Publisher Milflores
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Website: Milflores Publishing