| The Case of Dr. Sachs Contributor(s): Winckler, Martin (Author), Asher, Linda (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1583220569 ISBN-13: 9781583220566 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $27.67 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2000 Annotation: In this bestseller from France, a good doctor, trying to lead a worthwhile existence, is the object of affection for young woman for whom he performed an abortion, yet he does not believe in dating patients. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Medical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00030787 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.32" W x 9.25" (1.83 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bruno Sachs is a country doctor who makes house calls and feels deeply for his patients. There are broken bones, unwanted pregnancies, people without the will to live, a friend dying of cancer. His pity for his fellow creatures is both his motivating force and his own untreatable condition. Among the deaths, love affairs, and small town gossip, a love story emerges at the heart of the novel-between Dr. Sachs and a young woman upon whom he once performed an abortion. The Case of Dr. Sachs is a novel filled with voices of silent suffering and arias of quiet joy, and one dedicated to the notion that literature, like medicine, can save lives. |
