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Do No Harm

- Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
Af: Henry Marsh Engelsk Paperback

Do No Harm

- Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
Af: Henry Marsh Engelsk Paperback
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''A SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT'' IAN MCEWAN

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What is it like to be a brain surgeon?


How does it feel to hold someone''s life in your hands, to cut through the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason?

How do you live with the consequences when it all goes wrong?

DO NO HARM offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of a life dedicated to operating on the human brain, in all its exquisite complexity. With astonishing candour and compassion, Henry Marsh reveals the exhilarating drama of surgery, the chaos and confusion of a busy modern hospital, and above all the need for hope when faced with life''s most agonising decisions.

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Winner:
PEN Ackerley Prize
South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature

Shortlisted:

Costa Biography Award
Duff Cooper Prize
Wellcome Book Prize
Guardian First Book Award
Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

Longlisted:

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

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''A SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT'' IAN MCEWAN

* * * * *

What is it like to be a brain surgeon?


How does it feel to hold someone''s life in your hands, to cut through the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason?

How do you live with the consequences when it all goes wrong?

DO NO HARM offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of a life dedicated to operating on the human brain, in all its exquisite complexity. With astonishing candour and compassion, Henry Marsh reveals the exhilarating drama of surgery, the chaos and confusion of a busy modern hospital, and above all the need for hope when faced with life''s most agonising decisions.

* * * * *

Winner:
PEN Ackerley Prize
South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature

Shortlisted:

Costa Biography Award
Duff Cooper Prize
Wellcome Book Prize
Guardian First Book Award
Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

Longlisted:

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9781780225920
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 178022592X
Kategori: Erindringer
Udg. Dato: 9 okt 2014
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 115mm
Højde: 194mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 9 okt 2014
Forfatter(e): Henry Marsh
Forfatter(e) Henry Marsh


Kategori Erindringer


ISBN-13 9781780225920


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 304


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 115mm


Højde 194mm


Udg. Dato 9 okt 2014


Oplagsdato 9 okt 2014


Forlag Orion Publishing Co