The Finch In My Brain

The Finch In My Brain by Martino Sclavi


ISBN
9781473649729
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
320
Dimensions
153 x 234mm

In reading my tale you'll discover how I ended up here, and how, in its own tragedy, this story has managed to lead me to embrace the beauty of every day.



This is the story of a successful, Italian born London based, film writer who is suddenly, wholly unexpectedly diagnosed with stage four brain cancer. The prognosis is bad, a 98% likelihood he'll be dead within 18 months. He undergoes two operations including one in which he must remain awake throughout. Part of his brain is removed, the part that enables us to recognise written words - to read. As someone who relies on words for their livelihood, their very identity, this presents impossible questions as to what happens next.



Defying all predictions, Martino is still very much alive, five years on, and is writing and being read to by his monotone computer programme he calls Alex. His marriage suffered, his relationship with his now 8 year old son - whom he will never read bedtime stories to again - must be reconfigured and he is made to question all that his previous life gave him, along with his habits, dreams and beliefs.



As Sclavi faces the reality of the narrative he's been presented by doctors, he shows us that with determination, it is possible to change that narrative, and in doing so inspires and empowers us all to believe that it is possible to change the narratives of our lives.
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