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The Blood of Strangers: True Stories from the Emergency Room
Frank Huyler
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Description for The Blood of Strangers: True Stories from the Emergency Room
Paperback. A haunting and exquisitely-observed collection of medical vignettes that brilliantly captures the intense drama of the Emergency Room Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
A haunting and exquisitely-observed collection of medical vignettes that brilliantly captures the intense drama of the Emergency Room Reminiscent of Chekhov's stories, The Blood of Strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physician's encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room. In this collection of spare elegant stories, Dr Frank Huyler reveals a side of medicine - the intricacy of suturing a facial wound, the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter - interwoven with the lives of the sick and ... Read more
A haunting and exquisitely-observed collection of medical vignettes that brilliantly captures the intense drama of the Emergency Room Reminiscent of Chekhov's stories, The Blood of Strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physician's encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room. In this collection of spare elegant stories, Dr Frank Huyler reveals a side of medicine - the intricacy of suturing a facial wound, the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter - interwoven with the lives of the sick and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841155494
SKU
KSS0001604
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Frank Huyler
Frank Huyler is an emergency physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His poetry has appeared in various journals and magazines in America. He is 33.
Reviews for The Blood of Strangers: True Stories from the Emergency Room
`Unforgettable.' Sunday Times `Set to become a classic.' Independent `A breathtakingly brilliant portrait, sketched so elegantly that if it were done in pencil it would only consist of ... Read more