Ingenious Pain - Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (ebok) av Andrew Miller
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Ingenious Pain: the extraordinary prize-winning debut from the author of The Land in Winter'Astoundingly good' The Times'Dazzling' Observer'Timeless' SpectatorAt the dawn of the Enlightenment, a man is born unable to feel pain. A source of wonder and scientific curiosity as a child, he rises through the ranks of Georgian society to become a brilliant surgeon. Yet as a human being he fails, for he…
Ingenious Pain: the extraordinary prize-winning debut from the author of The Land in Winter'Astoundingly good' The Times'Dazzling' Observer'Timeless' SpectatorAt the dawn of the Enlightenment, a man is born unable to feel pain. A source of wonder and scientific curiosity as a child, he rises through the ranks of Georgian society to become a brilliant surgeon. Yet as a human being he fails, for he can no more feel love and compassion than pain. Until, en route to St Petersburg to inoculate the Empress Catherine, he meets his nemesis and saviour.Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the International Dublin Literary AwardPraise for Andrew Miller'Andrew Miller's writing is a source of wonder and delight' Hilary Mantel'One of our most skilful chroniclers of the human heart and mind' Sunday Times'One of the best writers at work today' Telegraph'A wonderful storyteller' Spectator'One of those rare novelists who can rock up in any time and place and convincingly inhabit that particular historical moment' The Times

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Undertittel Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Forfattere Andrew Miller (forfatter)
Forlag Sceptre
Utgitt 08.05.2006
Sjanger Skjønnlitteratur, Fantasy og science fiction, Romaner
Språk English
Format epub
DRM-beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781848947955



Ingenious Pain: the extraordinary prize-winning debut from the author of The Land in Winter

'Astoundingly good' The Times

'Dazzling' Observer

'Timeless' Spectator

At the dawn of the Enlightenment, a man is born unable to feel pain.

A source of wonder and scientific curiosity as a child, he rises through the ranks of Georgian society to become a brilliant surgeon. Yet as a human being he fails, for he can no more feel love and compassion than pain.

Until, en route to St Petersburg to inoculate the Empress Catherine, he meets his nemesis and saviour.

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award



Praise for Andrew Miller

'Andrew Miller's writing is a source of wonder and delight' Hilary Mantel

'One of our most skilful chroniclers of the human heart and mind' Sunday Times

'One of the best writers at work today' Telegraph

'A wonderful storyteller' Spectator

'One of those rare novelists who can rock up in any time and place and convincingly inhabit that particular historical moment' The Times

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