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The Doctor Stories is Richard Selzer's selection of his own short stories, culled from three decades of writing, along with two new stories and an introduction detailing his literary beginnings. Drawing from his classic books, Selzer portrays the interactions of people at moments of crisis and drama. His signature style is apparent in every sentence: humane, observant, passionately descriptive, and particular, always connecting the intimate with the largest questions of life and death.
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Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Includes a New Novella and Short Story
"In The Doctor Stories we have [Selzer's] best work and more. He has exceeded even himself." --Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., author of How We Die
"[Richard Selzer writes of] the care of the terminal and the treatment of the frail with such vividness and a disarming awe that it is hard to imagine he has not lived through most of what he recounts."-Fitzhugh Mullan, The Washington Post Book World
"Disturbing and biting, touching and uplifting...The Doctor Stories identifies strength in frailty, rapture in healing, and meaning in the single details of everyday life." --Journal of the American Medical Association
"It is the language of sickness that Selzer puts on display with a surgeon's deliberate care....Selzer's fiction is refreshingly old-fashioned." --The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Richard Selzer is a former surgeon and Yale School of Medicine professor. He has received many awards for his writing, including a National Magazine Award, a Pushcart Prize, and a Guggenheim fellowship. He is the author of several collections of stories and essays as well as a memoir. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0312204035
- ISBN 13 9780312204037
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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