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Discovering the Enigma of the Human Mind
"Human Traces is an emotionally charged novel that follows the journey of two psychiatrists who are driven by their ambition to understand the human mind and madness. This book is a perfect read for those who are interested in exploring the human psyche and its complexities. Faulks transports the reader to various locations, from Victorian lunatic asylums to unexplored African plains, making it an engaging and adventurous read. The relationship between the two main characters is especially fascinating, as their bond is threatened by the arrival of an enigmatic patient whose illness epitomizes all that divides them. Overall, this book is a moving and challenging exploration of the human condition that will leave the reader questioning what it means to be alive."
Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when the story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human.
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. Their search is made urgent by the case of Jacques's brother Olivier, for whose severe illness no name has yet been found.
Thomas's sister Sonia becomes the pivotal figure in the volatile relationship between the two men, which threatens to explode with the arrival in their Austrian sanatorium of an enigmatic patient, Fraulein Katharina von A, whose illness epitomises all that divides them.
As the concerns of the old century fade and the First World War divides Europe, the novel rises to a climax in which the value of what it means to be alive seems to hang in the balance.
This is Sebastian Faulks's most ambitious novel yet, with scenes of emotional power recalling his most celebrated work, yet set here on an even larger scale.
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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Discovering the Enigma of the Human Mind
"Human Traces is an emotionally charged novel that follows the journey of two psychiatrists who are driven by their ambition to understand the human mind and madness. This book is a perfect read for those who are interested in exploring the human psyche and its complexities. Faulks transports the reader to various locations, from Victorian lunatic asylums to unexplored African plains, making it an engaging and adventurous read. The relationship between the two main characters is especially fascinating, as their bond is threatened by the arrival of an enigmatic patient whose illness epitomizes all that divides them. Overall, this book is a moving and challenging exploration of the human condition that will leave the reader questioning what it means to be alive."
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