Knock, ou le Triomphe de la Medecine

by Jules Romains

Book Overview

Kiam Jules Romains ĵil rom n], en la jaro 1923, en sia teatraĵo Knock aŭ La triumfo de la medi-cino, kreis sian figuron Knock, li montris sin sensacie profeta La aktualeco de la jaro... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582360730
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Longman
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Someone ahead his own time

In this fine theatre piece, J. Romains presents in a witty way the relationship patient x doctor very ahead of his own time. In a very funny way he tells us how he sees the medical world/mind. Although written in 1924 it is so updated that one cannot let to think that Romains was a visionary. The story takes place at a tiny French village where the acting doctor sells his place to a newcomer. And this newcomer, Knock, turns the city upside-down with his new "method" of treating ill people/diseases. It is a real revolution, unexpected but surely very welcome by the reader.