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'"To be vulnerable is to live." In Tales from the Cancer Ward renowned filmmaker Paul Cox celebrates the beauty and fragility of life. The unexpected message of illness that he is delivered leaves him feeling utterly alone and with no alternative but to confront his own mortality, to question the separation of the spirit and the body, and to navigate what is truly essential in this world. As John Larkin writes in his introduction, Paul Cox's story "demonstrates the resilience of the human body and spirit, the power of positive thought over fear, what is possible, even when the odds seem almost impossible, and the life-saving blessings of modern medicine."
'At times dark, at times intense, this is ultimately a book filled with light, and hope, and life. The return letter that Cox has written to himself and his readers is a precious answer, a true homecoming.' (From the publisher's website.)
'At times dark, at times intense, this is ultimately a book filled with light, and hope, and life. The return letter that Cox has written to himself and his readers is a precious answer, a true homecoming.' (From the publisher's website.)
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'Come Now'
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 338 2012; (p. 55-57)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography ; Waltzing with Jack Dancer : A Slow Dance with Cancer 2011 selected work poetry biography -
Illness through the Eyes of a Survivor
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 August 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 7 May 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography -
Facing the Final Curtain
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 April - 1 May 2011; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography -
Comebacks : Filmaker Paul Cox
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 16 April 2011; (p. 12-15)
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Facing the Final Curtain
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 April - 1 May 2011; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 7 May 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography -
Illness through the Eyes of a Survivor
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 August 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography -
'Come Now'
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 338 2012; (p. 55-57)
— Review of Tales from the Cancer Ward 2011 single work autobiography ; Waltzing with Jack Dancer : A Slow Dance with Cancer 2011 selected work poetry biography -
Comebacks : Filmaker Paul Cox
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 16 April 2011; (p. 12-15)
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