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Human Traces by Faulks, Sebastian (Hardcover, 2005)

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Author: Faulks, Sebastian. Human Traces. Notes: First Edition, first impression. The number line contains 1. Picture is the actual item. Size: 6x2x10. Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Condition: Used: Good.

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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 Faulk

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PublisherCornerstone

ISBN-139780091794552

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Book TitleHuman Traces

AuthorFaulks, Sebastian

FormatHardcover

LanguageEnglish

TopicBooks

Publication Year2005

Number of Pages624 Pages

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Item Weight1049g

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Title_AuthorFaulks, Sebastian

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by dolphindeedee
24 Nov, 2021
I love S Faulks
I reread this as I have recently purchased the sequel. A very clever story, with wonderful characters. It provides many perspectives to historical events, particularly the development of psychiatry. I can see it might not be a book for everyone but I really enjoyed it.
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by kaybee7
15 May, 2024
Sequel to Snow Country
Looking forward to reading this as the sequel to Snow Country
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by bram6724
01 May, 2024
Promptly despatched.
Promptly despatched.
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