Regina O'Melveny (Orden de los libros)

Regina O'Melveny Orden de los libros

Regina O'Melveny crea poesía y prosa que profundizan en las complejidades de la experiencia humana con una voz distintiva. Sus contribuciones literarias, presentadas en diversas revistas y antologías, exhiben una aguda habilidad de observación y una profunda conexión con el mundo. Como artista y educadora, su ética creativa impregna su escritura, ofreciendo a los lectores perspectivas que son a la vez intelectualmente estimulantes y emocionalmente resonantes. Su obra se caracteriza por un estilo único y una profundidad temática que cautivan constantemente la imaginación.

The Book of Madness and Cures

320 páginas
12 horas de lectura

Dr. Gabriella Mondini, a strong-willed, young Venetian woman, has followed her father in the path of medicine. She possesses a singleminded passion for the art of physick, even though, in 1590, the male-dominated establishment is reluctant to accept a woman doctor. So when her father disappears on a mysterious journey, Gabriella's own status in the Venetian medical society is threatened. Her father has left clues--beautiful, thoughtful, sometimes torrid, and often enigmatic letters from his travels as he researches his vast encyclopedia, The Book of Diseases.After ten years of missing his kindness, insight, and guidance, Gabriella decides to set off on a quest to find him--a daunting journey that will take her through great university cities, centers of medicine, and remote villages across Europe. Despite setbacks, wary strangers, and the menaces of the road, the young doctor bravely follows the clues to her lost father, all while taking notes on maladies and treating the ill to supplement her own work.Gorgeous and brilliantly written, and filled with details about science, medicine, food, and madness, The Book Of Madness And Cures is an unforgettable debut.