What is it to be human? This question, as in Birdsong, is at the heart of Human Traces. The story begins in Brittany where a young, poor boy somehow passes his medical exams and goes to Paris, where he attends the lectures of Charcot, the Parisian neurologist who set the world on its head in the 1870s. With a friend, he sets up a clinic in the mysterious mountain district of Carinthia in south-east Austria. If The Girl at the Lion d'Or was a simple three-movement symphony, Birdsong an opera, Charlotte Gray a complex four ...
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What is it to be human? This question, as in Birdsong, is at the heart of Human Traces. The story begins in Brittany where a young, poor boy somehow passes his medical exams and goes to Paris, where he attends the lectures of Charcot, the Parisian neurologist who set the world on its head in the 1870s. With a friend, he sets up a clinic in the mysterious mountain district of Carinthia in south-east Austria. If The Girl at the Lion d'Or was a simple three-movement symphony, Birdsong an opera, Charlotte Gray a complex four-movement symphony and On Green Dolphin Street a concerto, then Human Traces is a Wagnerian grand opera.
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Add this copy of Human Traces to cart. $54.71, like new condition, Sold by Green Ink Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hay on Wye, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Hutchinson, London.
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Fine. No Jacket. -Signed and numbered edition-Still in publishers shrink wrap-Clean bright tight book in fine slipcase-615 pages. Large 8vo. In Fine Slipcase.
Add this copy of Human Traces to cart. $67.74, new condition, Sold by Robin Summers Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Aldeburgh, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Hutchinson.
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Fine in Slipcase jacket. This is number 279 of 1000 copies of the first edition that has been signed by the author on the limitation page. 2005. Hardcover, black cloth. A tight, sharp copy in a Fine slipcase. Signature of the former owner, Greg Gatenby, on the fly leaf; otherwise the contents are unmarked. Gatenby was the founding artistic director of the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, a hugely successful annual event that helped "Time Magazine" declare that Gatenby had made Toronto one of the literary capitals of the world. He also directed the readings at Harbourfront in Toronto, and is the author of "Literary Guide to Toronto."
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Fine in Fine jacket. Limited Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Limited issue of 1000 numbered copies signed by Faulks on the limitation page. Issued without a dustjacket. Slipcase with illustrated label. Prepared for and distributed by Waterstone's Bookstores in the UK. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase with a Waterstone's plastic shopping bag. Faulks' seventh novel.
Add this copy of Human Traces to cart. $145.36, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Hutchinson.
