A Fortunate Man - The Story of a Country Doctor
Verlag | Canongate Books |
Auflage | 2016 |
Seiten | 176 |
Format | 12,8 x 19,7 x 1,2 cm |
Gewicht | 171 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | The Canons 41 |
ISBN-10 | 178211503X |
EAN | 9781782115038 |
Bestell-Nr | 78211503UA |
In 1966 John Berger spent three months in the Forest of Dean shadowing an English country GP, John Sassall. Sassall is a fortunate man - his work occupies and fulfils him, he lives amongst the patients he treats, the line between his life and his work is happily blurred.
In A Fortunate Man, Berger\'s text and the photography of Jean Mohr reveal with extraordinary intensity the life of a remarkable man. It is a portrait of one selfless individual and the rural community for which he became the hub. Drawing on psychology, biography and medicine A Fortunate Man is a portrait of sacrifice. It is also a profound exploration of what it means to be a doctor, to serve a community and to heal.
With a new introduction by writer and GP, Gavin Francis.
Rezension:
In 1967 A Fortunate Man marked the most significant step forward in the collaboration of a writer and photographer since Let us Now Praise Famous Men by Walker Evans and James Agee. Incredibly, it still does . . . A masterpiece GEOFF DYER