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Human Traces - A Novel

by Sebastian Faulks
Human Traces - A Novel - Thryft
Human Traces - A Novel - Thryft

Exploring sanity and the human mind

"Human Traces" is a must-read for anyone interested in the origins of psychiatry and mental health. Faulks expertly weaves a tale of two men's quest to understand the workings of the human mind and their investigation into the treatment of insanity. Through their journey, we witness the evolution of psychiatry in Europe and America at the turn of the century. This book will leave you with a sense of appreciation for the development of modern-day mental health practices.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Human Traces - A Novel

by Sebastian Faulks
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ISBN: 9780375502262
Authors: Sebastian Faulks
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2006-09-12
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.68
(rated by 5310 readers)

Description

What is it to be human? This question, as in Birdsong , is at the heart of Human Traces .The story begins in Brittany where a young, poor boy somehow passes his medical exams and goes to Paris, where he attends the lectures of Charcot, the Parisian neurologist who set the world on its head in the 1870s. With a friend, he sets up a clinic in the mysterious mountain district of Carinthia in south-east Austria.If The Girl at the Lion d’Or was a simple three-movement symphony, Birdsong an opera, Charlotte Gray a complex four-movement symphony and On Green Dolphin Street a concerto, then Human Traces is a Wagnerian grand opera.
 

Exploring sanity and the human mind

"Human Traces" is a must-read for anyone interested in the origins of psychiatry and mental health. Faulks expertly weaves a tale of two men's quest to understand the workings of the human mind and their investigation into the treatment of insanity. Through their journey, we witness the evolution of psychiatry in Europe and America at the turn of the century. This book will leave you with a sense of appreciation for the development of modern-day mental health practices.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.