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Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart
Brian Doyle
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Description for Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: VFXC; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 400.
In this poignant and startlingly original book, Brian Doyle examines the heart as a physical organ—how it is supposed to work, how surgeons try to fix it when it doesn’t—and as a metaphor: the seat of the soul, the power house of the body, the essence of spirituality. In a series of profoundly moving ruminations, Doyle considers the scientific, emotional, literary, philosophical, and spiritual understandings of the heart—from cardiology to courage, from love letters and pop songs to botany and Jesus. Weaving these strands together is the torment of Doyle’s own infant son’s heart surgery and the inspiring story of ... Read more
In this poignant and startlingly original book, Brian Doyle examines the heart as a physical organ—how it is supposed to work, how surgeons try to fix it when it doesn’t—and as a metaphor: the seat of the soul, the power house of the body, the essence of spirituality. In a series of profoundly moving ruminations, Doyle considers the scientific, emotional, literary, philosophical, and spiritual understandings of the heart—from cardiology to courage, from love letters and pop songs to botany and Jesus. Weaving these strands together is the torment of Doyle’s own infant son’s heart surgery and the inspiring story of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870716539
SKU
V9780870716539
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Ref
99-15
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