{"product_id":"a-history-of-present-illness-paperback","title":"A History of Present Illness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna DeForest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"brutal and brave\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) novel transmutes the practice of medicine into a larger exploration of humanity, the meaning of care, and the nature of annihilation--physical, spiritual, or both.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A young woman puts on a white coat for her first day as a student doctor. So begins this powerful debut, which follows our unnamed narrator through cadaver dissection, surgical rotation, difficult births, sudden deaths, and a budding relationship with a seminarian. In the troubled world of the hospital, where the language of blood tests and organ systems so often hides the heart of the matter, she works her way from one bed to another, from a man dying of substance use and tuberculosis, to a child in pain crisis, to a young woman, fading from confusion to aphasia to death. The long hours and heartrending work begin to blur the lines between her new life as a physician and the lifelong traumas she has fled. In brilliant, wry, and biting prose, \u003ci\u003eA History of Present Illness\u003c\/i\u003e is a boldly honest meditation on the body, the hope of healing in the face of total loss, and what it means to be alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 2023 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters - A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022 - A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \"Writer to Watch\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A revelation.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna DeForest\u003c\/b\u003e is a neurologist and palliative care physician in New York City. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. This is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53297253646643,"sku":"9780316381161","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/7cobGg2k4T9780316381161.webp?v=1777409423","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-history-of-present-illness-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}