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"Human Traces" explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. Jacques Rebire and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when the story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human. As psychiatrists, their quest takes them from the squalor of the Victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of the renowned Professor Charcot in Paris; from the heights of the Sierra Madre in California to the plains of unexplored Africa. Their search is made urgent by the case of Jacques's brother Olivier, for whose severe illness no name has yet been found. Thomas's sister Sonia becomes the pivotal figure in the volatile relationship between the two men, which threatens to explode with the arrival in their Austrian sanatorium of an enigmatic patient, Fraulein Katharina von A, whose illness epitomises all that divides them. As the concerns of the old century fade and the First World War divides Europe, the novel rises to a climax in which the value of what it means to be alive seems to hang in the balance. This is Sebastian Faulks's most ambitious novel yet, with scenes of emotional power recalling his most celebrated work, yet set here on an even larger scale.
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Sebastian Faulks's six previous novels include Birdsong (1993), The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989) and On Green Dolphin Street (2001). He is also the author of a biographical study, The Fatal Englishman (1996). He lives in London, is married and has two sons and a daughter. (2004-11-09)
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Condizione: Muy bueno. : En Human Traces, Sebastian Faulks explora la pregunta de qué tipo de seres son realmente los hombres y las mujeres. Jacques Rebire y Thomas Midwinter, ambos de dieciséis años cuando comienza la historia en 1876, provienen de diferentes países y familias contrastantes. Les une la ambición de comprender cómo funciona la mente y si la locura es el precio que pagamos por ser humanos. Como psiquiatras, su búsqueda les lleva desde el sórdido asilo de lunáticos victoriano hasta las abarrotadas aulas del renombrado profesor Charcot en París; desde las alturas de Sierra Madre en California hasta las llanuras de África inexplorada. Su búsqueda se vuelve urgente por el caso del hermano de Jacques, Olivier, para cuya grave enfermedad aún no se ha encontrado nombre. La hermana de Thomas, Sonia, se convierte en la figura fundamental en la volátil relación entre los dos hombres, que amenaza con estallar con la llegada a su sanatorio austriaco de una enigmática paciente, Fraulein Katharina von A, cuya enfermedad personifica todo lo que les divide. A medida que las preocupaciones del viejo siglo se desvanecen y la Primera Guerra Mundial divide Europa, la novela alcanza un clímax en el que el valor de lo que significa estar vivo parece pender de un hilo. Esta es la novela más ambiciosa de Sebastian Faulks hasta el momento, con escenas de poder emocional que recuerdan su obra más célebre, pero ambientada aquí a una escala aún mayor. EAN: 9780091794552 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Human Traces Autor: Sebastian Faulks Editorial: Hutchinson Idioma: en Páginas: 384 Formato: tapa dura. Codice articolo Happ-2024-07-16-4b311ba1
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