Death at My Side - Living with HIV
Galt, John: Døden ved min side - Å leve med HIVIn February 2006 John Galt was hospitalized. He had high fever and was almost unable to breathe. A few days later he got his diagnose: You have Aids! His world fell apart.
In DEATH AT MY SIDE he tells his story. How a married man with two children made a mistake, for which he paid dearly, and how the disease works on his body. New medicines have returned life and health to the author. But the HIV virus still lives in his body. Being HIV-positive leads to loneliness and a shattered self-image, as well as the need to constantly having to protect yourself against the fears and prejudice of society.
John Galt offers a scathing critique of authorities and health bureaucracy for their lack of knowledge and shunning of responsibility. He tells of encounters with other people, of days and nights, of hope and of rediscovering the best part of himself. But above all, this is a book about love and about a woman who decides to stand by her husband, in spite of everything.
Praise for DEATH AT MY SIDE:
”Powerful and mercyless ... The reader needs no personal experience with HIV
whatsoever to feel that this is a relevant book.”
(DAGBLADET)
First published: 2008, Aschehoug Non-Fiction
John Galt is a pseudonym.
