Book of the month for adults – December 2007
'Human traces' by Sebastian Faulks
Sharing its central theme of what it means to be human with 'Birdsong', this novel is about a young man who sets up a clinic in the mysterious Carinthian mountains in south-east Austria.
A fascinating history of early psychiatry, exploring the lives of two friends driven apart by their increasingly divergent perspectives on mental illness. Scenes depicting life in early asylums are particularly moving, but the strength of this novel lies in Faulk’s phenomenal research into the first faltering steps towards a science of the mind.
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