Cancer Chain/ – Paperback

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Publisher: China National Publications Import & Export C
Publisher Imprint: China National Publications Import & Export C
BISAC: World Literature – China – General

Whether or not they have a personal connection to cancer, people will want to read this book, because it addresses a much broader issue-one that every individual and every family faces. This is a full-length realistic novel centered on cancer. Taking the fate of six-year-old cancer-stricken girl Lingling as its main thread, it weaves together a community of cancer patients of different ages and identities, intertwining multiple conflicts involving medicine, ethics, capital, and human nature. The work is not limited to narratives of illness and suffering. Rather, using the “cancer chain” as a metaphor, it deconstructs the logic of cancer cell growth, the dilemmas of the healthcare system, capital’s stranglehold on life, and the survival landscape of patients and their families-struggling against despair and holding fast in the midst of suffering. The book offers accessible explanations of cellular mutation and tumor mechanisms, while also confronting real-world issues such as overtreatment, exorbitantly priced drugs, and doctor-patient conflicts. It questions the dignity of life, medical justice, and the ultimate human quest to defeat terminal disease. It is both an “anti-life evil history of cancer” and a song of struggle in defense of the right to survive. Blending literary narrative with social reflection, the novel uses individual fate to illuminate the pathologies of the era. It is suitable for readers concerned with health, medical ethics, and social reality. 6 “” “”,