In this quietly revolutionary work of social observation and medical philosophy, Booker Prize-winning writer John Berger and the photographer Jean Mohr train their gaze on an English country doctor and find a universal man--one who has taken it upon himself to recognize his patient's humanity when illness and the fear of death have made them unrecognizable to themselves. In the...
In this quietly revolutionary work of social observation and medical philosophy, Booker Prize-winning writer John Berger and the photographer Jean Mohr train their gaze on an English country doctor and find a universal man--one who has taken it upon himself to recognize his patient's humanity when illness and the fear of death have made them unrecognizable to themselves. In the impoverished rural community in which he works, John Sassall tend the maimed, the dying, and the lonely. He is not only the dispenser of cures but the repository of memories. And as Berger and Mohr follow Sassall about his rounds, they produce a book whose careful detail broadens into a meditation on the value we assign a human life. First published thirty years ago, A Fortunate Man remains moving and deeply relevant--no other book has offered such a close and passionate investigation of the roles doctors play in their society.
"In contemporary letters John Berger seems to me peerless; not since Lawrence has there been a writer who offers such attentiveness to the sensual world with responsiveness to the imperatives of conscience."--Susan Sontag
"Like an artist, or like anybody else who believes that his work justifies his life, Sassall – by our society’s miserable standards – is a fortunate man."
Gavin Francis Sat 7 Feb 2015 03.00EST, T he Guardian In their pioneering book about an outstanding, committed country doctor, JohnBerger and photographer Jean Mohr provide atimely reminder of how unique, and valuable, British general practice is. First pub...
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8.0/10 It is a modern myth of witness, based on the practice of an outstanding, committed country doctor, and step by step driven to the wilderness of a metaphorical imagination of the universe and the individual. The writer inserts his own subjective thoug...
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0 有用 看不见的城市 2014-08-16 19:11:25
不伦不类。
0 有用 遠濤 2019-04-08 14:50:37
"Like an artist, or like anybody else who believes that his work justifies his life, Sassall – by our society’s miserable standards – is a fortunate man."
0 有用 ？？？ 2017-07-22 15:29:37
读When Breath Becomes Air时一直在想这本课上读过的书，想作为医者的同理心和作为人消解痛苦的无力，想每个人各个角色之间无法调和的矛盾，想它来不及告诉读者Sassall自杀而死。
0 有用 Nymph_Wilde 2020-09-01 15:42:47
中间有一段让我终于理解了自己对MD的fetish
0 有用 不是kk 2021-03-09 13:11:59
是一种冷酷的幸运