Ingenious Pain (Miller Andrew)(Paperback)

***Out now: Andrew Miller''s new novel THE LAND IN WINTER***''ANDREW MILLER''S WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT'' Hilary Mantel''ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND'' Sunday TimesWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award''Astoundingly good''The Times''Dazzling''Observer''Timeless''SpectatorThe extraordinary prize-winning debut from Andrew Miller - a highly imaginative, atmospheric first novelAt the dawn of the Enlightenment, a man is born unable to feel pain. A source of wonder and scientific curiosity as a child, he rises through the ranks of Georgian society to become a brilliant surgeon. Yet as a human being he fails, for he can no more feel love and compassion than pain. Until, en route to St Petersburg to inoculate the Empress Catherine, he meets his nemesis and saviour.PRAISE FOR ANDREW MILLER''Unique, visionary, a master at unmasking humanity''Sarah Hall''A writer of very rare and outstanding gifts''Independent on Sunday''A highly intelligent writer, both exciting and contemplative''The Times''A wonderful storyteller''Spectator
více informací