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Author: Gesualdo Bufalino Publisher: Vintage ISBN: Category : Sanatoriums Languages : en Pages : 172
Book Description
In the last year of World War II the narrator of The Plague-Spreader's Tale is sent to a TB sanatorium near Palermo. The place is like a leper colony. People arrive but they never leave until they are dead, usually within a matter of months. The narrator is a young man straight out of the army who has been diagnosed with the fatal disease. The doctor is a lean rake of a man who, like most of the medical staff, has the illness in his cells. However, the sap of life cannot be stopped from flowing and the narrator falls in love with a woman patient. She was once a ballerina, and has not lost her grace. She leads her suitor a merry dance as her attitude varies from the come-hither to cloistered retreat. How much of a future can the pair build for themselves on these shifting sands?
Author: Gesualdo Bufalino Publisher: Vintage ISBN: Category : Sanatoriums Languages : en Pages : 172
Book Description
In the last year of World War II the narrator of The Plague-Spreader's Tale is sent to a TB sanatorium near Palermo. The place is like a leper colony. People arrive but they never leave until they are dead, usually within a matter of months. The narrator is a young man straight out of the army who has been diagnosed with the fatal disease. The doctor is a lean rake of a man who, like most of the medical staff, has the illness in his cells. However, the sap of life cannot be stopped from flowing and the narrator falls in love with a woman patient. She was once a ballerina, and has not lost her grace. She leads her suitor a merry dance as her attitude varies from the come-hither to cloistered retreat. How much of a future can the pair build for themselves on these shifting sands?
Author: Robert B. Taylor Publisher: Springer ISBN: 331929055X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
This new edition of White Coat Tales presents intriguing stories that give historical context to what we do in medicine today—the body’s “holy bone” and how it got its name, a surprising reason why gout seemed to be so prevalent several centuries ago, and the therapeutic misadventure that shortened the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition to many new tales, this revised edition contains 128 illustrations, such as images of Baron von Münchhausen aloft with cannonballs and Vincent van Gogh’s portrait of his doctor showing a clue to the painter’s health. Read about legendary medical innovators, diseases that changed history, illnesses of famous persons, and some epic blunders of physicians and scientists. The author is Robert B. Taylor, MD, Emeritus Professor, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, and Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Taylor is the author and editor of more than 33 medical books. To see Dr. Taylor lecture on the history of medicine, go here: https://youtu.be/Zx4yaUyaPRA
Author: Gesualdo Bufalino Publisher: Harvill Press ISBN: 9781911215783 Category : Languages : en Pages : 145
Book Description
In the last months of World War II, a young man with a fatal disease, straight out the army, is sent to a TB sanatorium near Palermo. It feels like a leper colony- people arrive, but never leave until they are dead, usually in a matter of months. Even the doctor has the illness in his cells. But the sap of life cannot be stopped from flowing. The men's and women's wings of the sanatorium are strictly segregated, but there are permits to go into town for patients who have passed a screening; there are little boys to run lovers' errands; and there is human ingenuity. In the long, hot summer of 1946, at an evening of amateur theatricals organised by the doctor, our narrator falls in love with Marta, a young ballerina who has not lost her grace. But what sort of future can be expected of such a romance?
Author: Alan Rosen Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107008654 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 323
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During and in the aftermath of the dark period of the Holocaust, writers across Europe and America sought to express their feelings and experiences through their writings. This book provides a comprehensive account of these writings through essays from expert scholars, covering a wide geographic, linguistic, thematic and generic range of materials. Such an overview is particularly appropriate at a time when the corpus of Holocaust literature has grown to immense proportions and when guidance is needed in determining a canon of essential readings, a context to interpret them, and a paradigm for the evolution of writing on the Holocaust. The expert contributors to this volume, who negotiate the literature in the original languages, provide insight into the influence of national traditions and the importance of language, especially but not exclusively Yiddish and Hebrew, to the literary response arising from the Holocaust.
Author: Rough Guides Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0241312698 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 583
Book Description
This in-depth coverage of Sicily's local attractions, sights, and restaurants takes you to the most rewarding spots - from Mount Etna to cathedrals - and stunning color photography brings the land to life on the pages. With a beautiful new cover, amazing tips and information, and key facts, The Rough Guide to Sicily is the perfect travel companion. The locally based Rough Guides author team introduces the best places to stop and explore, and provides reliable insider tips on topics such as driving the roads, taking walking tours, or visiting local cathedrals. You'll find special coverage of history, art, architecture, and literature, and detailed information on the best markets and shopping for each area in this fascinating peninsula. The Rough Guide to Sicily also unearths the best restaurants, nightlife, and places to stay, from backpacker hostels to beachfront villas and boutique hotels, and color-coded maps feature every sight and listing. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Sicily.
Author: Jules Brown Publisher: Rough Guides UK ISBN: 1409351521 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 548
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Sicily is the ultimate guide to this fascinating island. From flamboyant Arabo-Norman cathedrals to stunning galleries and the best collection of Greek temples outside Greece, all Sicily's attractions are thoroughly covered. Sicily's natural beauties are also taken care of; including the ascent of Europe's greatest volcano, Etna, hiking trails in the Monti Madonie and the most exquisite beaches of the Aeolian Islands. From Palermo to Taormina, unearth all the best restaurants, bars and cafés, the liveliest nightlife and the most brilliant festivals. The Rough Guide to Sicily provides detailed practical advice on where to stay, from hostels to luxury boutique hotels, how to get around and how to get the best value for money. The guide also includes two full-colour sections, and background information on the art, architecture and history of this most colourful of Mediterranean islands. Accurate maps and comprehensive practical information help you get under the skin of Sicily, whilst stunning photography and a full-colour introduction make this your ultimate travelling companion. Originally published in print in 2011. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Sicily. Now available in ePub format.
Author: Robin Healey Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487531907 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 1104
Book Description
Providing the most complete record possible of texts by Italian writers active after 1900, this annotated bibliography covers over 4,800 distinct editions of writings by some 1,700 Italian authors. Many entries are accompanied by useful notes that provide information on the authors, works, translators, and the reception of the translations. This book includes the works of Pirandello, Calvino, Eco, and more recently, Andrea Camilleri and Valerio Manfredi. Together with Robin Healey’s Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation, also published by University of Toronto Press in 2011, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations from Italian accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature.
Author: Samuel K. Cohn Jr. Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192551590 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 704
Book Description
By investigating thousands of descriptions of epidemics reaching back before the fifth-century-BCE Plague of Athens to the distrust and violence that erupted with Ebola in 2014, Epidemics challenges a dominant hypothesis in the study of epidemics, that invariably across time and space, epidemics provoked hatred, blaming of the 'other', and victimizing bearers of epidemic diseases, particularly when diseases were mysterious, without known cures or preventive measures, as with AIDS during the last two decades of the twentieth century. However, scholars and public intellectuals, especially post-AIDS, have missed a fundamental aspect of the history of epidemics. Instead of sparking hatred and blame, this study traces epidemics' socio-psychological consequences across time and discovers a radically different picture: that epidemic diseases have more often unified societies across class, race, ethnicity, and religion, spurring self-sacrifice and compassion.
Author: Gaetana Marrone Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135455309 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 2256
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on authors and works, from the most important figures of Italian literature to little known authors and works that are influential to the field. The Encyclopedia is distinguished by substantial articles on critics, themes, genres, schools, historical surveys, and other topics related to the overall subject of Italian literary studies. The Encyclopedia also includes writers and subjects of contemporary interest, such as those relating to journalism, film, media, children's literature, food and vernacular literatures. Entries consist of an essay on the topic and a bibliographic portion listing works for further reading, and, in the case of entries on individuals, a brief biographical paragraph and list of works by the person. It will be useful to people without specialized knowledge of Italian literature as well as to scholars.
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