A History of Present Illness

by Anna DeForest and Anna DeForest

Book Overview

This "brutal and brave" (Booklist) 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.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316381063
• ISBN13: 9780316381062
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.2"