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Human Traces

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

As young boys, both Jacques Rebière and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the human mind. 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.

As the concerns of the old century fade and the First World War divides Europe, the two men's volatile relationship develops and changes, but is always tempered by one exceptional woman; Thomas's sister Sonia.

'Shocking and enlightening... touching and affecting' DAILY MAIL

'A masterpiece . . . one of the great novels of this or any other century' INDEPENDENT

'Structurally intricate, yet intensely focused on the lives of individuals . . . replete with interesting ideas and . . . exceptionally fine writing' OBSERVER

'A bold and remarkable work of imagination . . . to write so well for so many pages is an amazing feat of intellectual athleticism' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

© Sebastian Faulks 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

A fascinating and insightful read.
British Journal of General Practice
An extraordinary novel of magnificent scope
Evening Standard
Faulks is beyond doubt a master
Financial Times
His most ambitious novel yet... Love, loyalty, courage, compassion, goodness...these are the poles around which his always skilful storytelling revolves
Independent
Shocking and enlightening...touching and affecting
Daily Mail
He is the best novelist of his generation
Scotsman
An epic of a novel...in some ways better than Birdsong, or at least more subtle and far ranging
Country Life
This is a bold and remarkable work of imagination, particularly in its daring remastery of the 19th-century novel form and the sustained grace of its prose. To write so well for so many hundreds of pages is an amazing feat of intellectual athleticism
Sunday Telegraph
Faulks has woven dozens of compelling voices together to produce an extraordinary novel of magnificent scope
Evening Standard
[S]tructurally intricate, yet intensely focused on the lives of individuals...Human Traces is replete with interesting ideas and contains some exceptionally fine topographic writing
Observer

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
Author Sebastian Faulks
Narrator Douglas Hodge
Duration 23 hours and 10 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473597211
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: health and illness, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Social issues
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Narration
5.0 (1 review)

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