The Whistlers' Room: Stories and Essays
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593761384 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist *Starred Review* Surgeon-author Selzer here shares a couple of dozen reasons to spend some delightful time in his mind, or at least to bask in his gift for memorable observations. Donna ChavezCopyright © American Library Association. Taken by its poignancy and simplicity, he sought out the author's descendent for permission to publish his own version. Like each other selection, it resonates with raw truth, humor, and tender compassion. It is about four World War I soldiers, patients in a German hospital, who have all been shot in the throat, and Selzer's transformation of it does the original author proud. All rights reserved. The title selection retel
A must read! A Customer Richard Selzer has the soul of someone who observes with a scalpel's eye, a naturalist's curiousity, and with a sensitivity, as tender as the exposed underbelly of a tortoiseI have read two chapters, since I snatched it off a bookstore shelf last night: the introduction and 'Seeing Red: A Clinical Look at Rothko's #3.' Iliana Semmler, Lecturer Emerita of English at SUNY, Albany, introduces the doctor's treats to follow in a lively, dense and delightfully rich calliopy of images and descriptions examining the work, talent and life of the celebrated surgeon-writer.Chancing upon his "Lect
Shading meaning between the injured men and the doctors, Selzer leads us to a compassionate understanding of the sick and the people who heal them.The twenty-four pieces of this collection make a strong case for Selzer's inclusion among the company of such esteemed physician-turned-writers as Chekhov, William Carlos Williams, and Oliver Sachs.. Richard Selzer traded in his scalpel for a pen over fifteen years ago, but the precision and exacting intellect of his medical background carried over into his prose, giving us stories and essays devoid of sentimentality, marked by careful attention to detail, and suffused with awe for the mysteries of the human body.Selzer tu