Bloodletting and miraculous cures is a giller prize winning novel written in 2005 by vincent lam. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Buy bloodletting and miraculous cures by lam, vincent from amazons fiction books store.
Follows the lives of three young doctors fresh from medical school, and embarking on their new careers. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Parttime writer and fulltime emergencyroom physician in toronto, vincent. In the novel bloodletting and miraculous cures there are four protagonists. Vincent lams debut collection of 12 interwoven short stories follows four young medical students and physicians. Discuss how some of the patients, doctors, and survivors emerge from suffering and violence. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. In night flight, one of the best of the linked stories in vincent lams first book, a toronto physician named dr.
The book immediately engrosses its readers in the premedical experiences of ming and fitz, undergraduate students at the university of ottawa. When medical student ming misplaces the head of her. Giller prize winner vincent lam is a riveting, eyeopening account of what it means to be a doctor. With byron mann, mayko nguyen, shawn ashmore, kim bubbs. By following four young medical students and physicians ming, fitz, sri and chen this debut collection from 2006 scotiabank giller prize winner vincent lam is a riveting, eyeopening account of what it means to be a doctor.
Great character development, interesting behind the scenes look. A formidable debut, it is a profound and unforgettable depiction of todays doctors, patients, and hospitals. They all wore clean new laboratory coats, which still had creases down the arms and over the breast pockets from being folded and stacked in a box. Set in his hometown, the stories feel more like chapters in a loosely told novel, revolving around four toronto doctors, than a standard short story collection. Review of bloodletting and miraculous cures by vincent lam. A critical analysis of bloodletting and miraculous cures. By following four young medical students and physicians ming, fitz, sri and chen this debut collection from 2006 scotiabank giller prize winner vincent lam is a riveting, eyeopening account of what it means to. In this masterful collection, vincent lam weaves together black humour, investigations of both common and. His work has appeared in the globe and mail, the national post, and carve. Few first books are fortunate enough to receive both high praise and big awards, but vincent lams bloodletting and miraculous cures deserves the attention.
He starts out as a very kind and almost shy undergraduate student who falls hopelessly in love with ming. Vincent lam twelve interwoven stories follow the lives of a group of young doctors as they make their way from medical school to the world of emergency rooms, evacuation missions, and research into new viruses. Parttime writer and fulltime emergencyroom physician in toronto, vincent lam paints. He is an interesting character in the story and is the only one who shows a great shift in character. Weinstein books releases the short story collection in the united states. Lam seems to accept that short stories arent something learned, like facts from a medschool textbook. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Celebrated by critics and awarded one of canadas top literary prizes, bloodletting is a masterful, smart and engaging debut collection of short stories. Together these doctors test the boundaries of intimacy as they cope with exam pressure, weigh moral dilemmas as they dissect cadavers, confront police who assault their.
Sep 26, 2006 bloodletting and miraculous cures is an astonishing literary debut, a collection of mature and intricate stories connected through the relationships that develop among a group of young doctors as they move from the challenges of med school to the intense world of emergency rooms, evac missions, and terrifying new viruses. Ming and her classmates sri, chen, and fitzgerald face a variety of troubling circumstances on. This book is evidence of a good writer in motion, learning and growing. The novel is a collection of short stories which make reference to the modern day medical field, through the characters of ming, fitzgerald, sri, and chen. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. In this novel, it infected two characters fitzgerald and. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Prize winner vincent lam is a riveting, eyeopening account of what it means to. Stories by vincent lam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The book, inspired by lams own experiences in medical school and as a professional physician, is a volume of interconnected short stories about the lives and relationships of. Stories vincent lam, author, christopher lane, read by, read by christopher lane. Bloodletting and miraculous cures is an astonishing literary debut, a collection of mature and intricate stories connected through the relationships that develop among a group of young doctors as they move from the challenges of med school to the intense world of emergency rooms, evac missions, and terrifying new viruses. Vincent lam was born in london, ontario, and studied medicine in toronto where he is now an emergency physician. Few first books are fortunate enough to receive both high praise and big awards, but vincent lams bloodletting and miraculous cures. Shortly after publishing bloodletting in canada jan 2006, he published a nonfiction book with colin lee titled the flu pandemic and you sep 2006. Bloodletting, with its scope and nuance and empathy for both sides of the medical equation, is a very, very good start. One simply cannot know strengths unless suffering, misfortune, and violence are explored quite frankly by the writer. I generally approach books about medicine with some trepidation, given it is already so familiar, but i very. Of the five books shortlisted for the giller prize, vincent lams, bloodletting and miraculous cures was the only one i have read and to be perfectly honest i didnt think it was prize worthy, but i am perfectly willing to eat crow and do a reread. The book, inspired by lams own experiences in medical school and as a professional physician, is a volume of interconnected short stories about the lives and relationships of fitzgerald, ming, chen and sri, four young medical students in toronto. Main characters bloodletting and miraculous cures darsi b.
Vincent lam was born in london, ontario, and studied medicine in toronto where he is an emergency physician at toronto east general hospital. Through the eyes of fitz, ming, chen, and sri, vincent lam finds conflict and humanity in the most surprising moments. Stories hardcover september 4, 2007 by vincent lam author. Vincent lam, from bloodletting and miraculous cures. Page 1100 symbols discussion sars sars is a disease that broke out across the world killing millions. Winner of canadas giller prize, lam puts all the sex, and death and sleep deprivation crucial to any hospital drama in his debut story collection. I love short stories, this book was almost like a collection of short stories with interwoven characters in the medical fiels. As such, lams book represents a promising demonstration of fictions unique power.
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