Book summaryEight stories by a physician that center on medicine and doctors, most of them set in Third World locations, reflecting the author's experiences working as a doctor all over the world. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. Media reviews"This collection relies on a wide range of settings to make up for the limitations of its individual stories....But Murray's stories provide other pleasures, like his fine ear for Indian English speech and above all his vivid sense of detail....In fact, Murray has a gift for the precise description of everything that can be seen or heard, tasted, smelled or felt....The book's strongest sections left me wishing he had let them kick out into expansive life--had tried to find out whether, inside their slender forms, a novel might be waiting....Still, one has to admire Murray's range, his willingness to experiment. In some ways, he can be a very attractive writer--above all, in the understated modesty of his authorial presence." |
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Storiesby Murray, John
Book desription: Harper Pernnial, 2004. Trade Paperback book is in new, never been read condition. No dust jacket. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean. Pictorial cover. No creasing on binding edge. Minor shelf wear on edges of papeback cover. ISBN 0060509295. 2004 edition. Publisher: Harper Books. 288 pages long. Additional pictures of condition are always available. BOOK DESCRIPTION: These vivid and compelling tales, many set in Africa and Asia, are about immigrants and others facing change and dislocation. The science is never pedantic; indeed the language of biology and natural history is used to great lyrical effect. The stories are accomplished and seasoned, remarkably so given that this is the author’s first book. Murray is adept at holding together a complex narrative and creating characters who reach out emotionally to the reader upon first meeting. Global in scope, classical in form, evocative of place, and deeply emotional, this collection marks the beginning of what promises to be an illustrious career.. Trade Paperback. New/None. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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