Human Traces

Author: Sebastian Faulks

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  • : $22.99 AUD
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  • : 9780099458265
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : 0.395
  • : May 2005
  • : 197mm X 129mm
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  • : 26.99
  • : July 2006
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  • : Sebastian Faulks
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  • : English
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Description

As young boys both Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the human mind. As psychiatrists, their quest takes them from the squalor of the Victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of the renowned Professor Charcot in Paris; from the heights of the Sierra Madre in California to the plains of unexplored Africa. As the concerns of the old century fade and the First World War divides Europe, the two men's volatile relationship develops and changes, but is always tempered by one exceptional woman; Thomas's sister Sonia. Moving and challenging in equal measure, Human Traces explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are.

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Sebastian Faulks's bestselling new novel

Reviews

"Faulks is beyond doubt a master."-"Financial Times""One of the most impressive novelists of his generation."-"Sunday Telegraph" "From the Hardcover edition."

Author description

Sebastian Faulks's six previous novels include Birdsong (1993), The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989) and On Green Dolphin Street (2001). He is also the author of a biographical study, The Fatal Englishman (1996). He lives in London, is married and has two sons and a daughter.