Human Traces
- Author Sebastian Faulks
- Narrator Douglas Hodge
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 23 hours and 10 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Social issues.
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What to expect
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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.
Moving and challenging in equal measure, Human Traces explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are.
© Sebastian Faulks 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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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
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