Faber & Faber
Oliver Basciano | Outcast- In Search Of Leprosy, A Misunderstood Disease
£12.95
9780571384310
16/07/26
PB
320 pages
A singular, compassionate history of humanity, told through the lens of a misunderstood disease.
Encountering the last leprosarium in Europe and remote villages in Mozambique, moving through Siberian settlements and Brazil’s hinterlands, Outcast travels the margins of society and charts the history of a misunderstood disease.
In doing so, it shines new light on the human condition, asking: does our sense of self always rely on the ostracisation of another?