From Publishers Weekly This book can't save anyone's life, yet it might save someone's sanity: Rimer--who is HIV-positive--and Connolly, an AIDS activist, offer a guide to the maze of hospitals, insurance companies and AIDS service organizations that people who are HIV-positive must find their way through. Theirs is an always comprehensible, often irreverent road map to long-term survival for those who are HIV-positive. Like other books about living with a disease, this one strongly recommends that the afflicted take an active part in the treatment program--learn what questions to ask your physicians, and be willing to circumvent the system's rules and regulations to receive care or not-yet-approved therapies. The authors' main premise is that the medical bureaucracy has a strong built-in tendency to be unmanageable, in part because doctors see themselves as authority figures. And for those who can handle it, their book can be extremely funny. Rimer and Connolly are fond of quizzes. To assess the reader's skills for coping with the difficult ambiguities being HIV-positive poses, they give you one point on a scale of 20 if "you have successfully filed an auto insurance claim and collected"--sensible enough--and also a point if you "knew in 1984 that Vanessa Williams would become a star." You get two points if you've been " 'treated' by a psychiatrist for homosexuality," but lose two if you "still live with your parents" or "believe that insurance companies are altruistic." Gallows humor aside, there are many useful tips, too: how to get your T4 cell count measured (anonymously); how to tell "red-flag" symptoms from those not related to HIV, and how to hire a doctor who's on your side--ego and all. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Diagnosed with AIDS in 1986, Rimer recounts his own experiences managing the many "moving parts" of the healthcare bureaucracy as he doggedly negotiates treatments, insurance, and physicians. His credo is "to get good care, you must get to know the system and work it." Viewing AIDS as a chronic as opposed to a terminal illness, he has devised a practical philosophy that is applicable to other life-threatening diseases. The author's valuable advice, delivered with wit and insight, is inspired by his priority of "living with HIV." For popular medical collections.- James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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读完这本书,我感到一种强烈的责任感油然而生。这不仅仅是一本关于特定议题的记录或评论,它更像是一份行动指南,一份精神地图。作者在书中展现出的韧性和智慧,非常具有感染力。我特别喜欢其中穿插的一些访谈片段,那些真实的声音如同一个个有力的锚点,将宏大的社会议题拉回到了鲜活的个体经验中。这些故事让人感到心痛,但更让人感到温暖,因为它展现了人类在困境中迸发出的巨大能量和相互连接的力量。这书读完之后,绝对不会让你轻易地把它合上,它会在你的脑海里持续发酵。
评分从文学性上来说,这本书也展现了作者高超的驾驭能力。叙事线索交织复杂,但始终保持着清晰的脉络。情感的表达极其克制而有力,没有丝毫的矫揉造作。有时候,作者会突然插入一些极具画面感的隐喻,瞬间就能将一个复杂的概念视觉化。我印象深刻的是它对“时间”这一概念的处理,把历史的沉重感与当下的紧迫感巧妙地融合在一起。对于那些追求文字质感和思想深度的读者,这本书绝对值得收藏。它不仅仅是信息传递,更是一种体验。
评分这本书的文字密度非常高,需要静下心来细细品味。我不是说它晦涩难懂,恰恰相反,作者的语言是精确且充满韵律感的。有些段落我反复读了好几遍,每一次都能捕捉到新的含义,就像在品尝一首结构复杂的诗歌。它迫使你去思考很多我们习以为常的概念,比如“正常”的定义,或者“边缘化”是如何被社会建构起来的。对于希望从更深层次理解当代社会运作机制的读者来说,这本书无疑提供了一个极佳的、充满挑战性的视角。它挑战的不仅是主流叙事,也是我们自身的认知边界。
评分这本书的封面设计得很有力量,色彩的运用大胆而富有象征意义,那种深邃的黑与突兀的亮红交织在一起,立刻就能抓住读者的眼球。我是在一家独立书店里偶然发现它的,当时只是被这种强烈的视觉冲击吸引,随手翻了几页,没想到里面的文字内容更加引人入胜。作者的叙事方式极其个人化,像是在跟一个老朋友倾诉,没有那种居高临下的说教感,而是充满了真诚的挣扎与感悟。阅读过程中,我仿佛被带入了一个全新的世界,看到了那些在日常生活中被我们刻意忽略的角落。
评分我得承认,一开始我对这类主题的书籍是持保留态度的,总担心会充斥着过于学术化或者过于煽情的描述。然而,这本书完全打破了我的预期。它最成功的地方在于,它不仅仅停留在讲述“是什么”,更深入地探讨了“为什么”以及“如何应对”。作者对社会结构的剖析极其犀利,特别是对于制度性障碍的描述,简直是入木三分。我尤其欣赏其中关于社区互助和个体赋权的章节,那部分内容读起来让人热血沸腾,充满了积极的行动力,而不是沉溺于受害者心态。那种层层剥茧,最终指向建设性解决方案的逻辑推演,非常过瘾。
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