Description |
viii, 389 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Avalanche -- Angel, Tuning a Lute -- Whither Thou Goest -- Imelda -- Fetishes -- Tube Feeding -- Pipistrel -- The Masked Marvel's Last Toehold -- Mercy -- Poe's Light-house -- Tillim -- Sarcophagus -- Pages from a Wound Dresser's Diary -- The Mirror: A Tale of Aran -- Alexis St. Martin -- Raccoon -- Four Appointments with the Discus Thrower -- Luis -- Imagine a Woman -- "The Black Swan" Revisited -- Tom and Lily -- A Worm from My Notebook -- Witness -- Chatterbox -- Impostor -- Semiprivate, Female -- Brute |
Summary |
The Doctor Stories is Richard Selzer's selection of his own short stories, culled from three decades of writing. Each piece in this compilation explores what it means to be a doctor, to tend to the sick and dying, and to heal. Drawing from his classic books, including Confessions of a Knife and Letters to a Young Doctor, Selzer portrays the interactions of people at moments of crisis and drama |
Subject |
Medical fiction, American.
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Physicians -- Fiction.
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Medicine -- United States -- Fiction.
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Physicians -- United States -- Fiction.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100002
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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LC no. |
97053233 |
ISBN |
0312186878 |
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