by Samuel Shem · Edições Asa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724131351
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«A Casa dos Deuses» is the satirical novel by Samuel Shem, published by Edições Asa in paperback (552 pages, in Portuguese).
Cult novel that narrates with satire and black humor the residency year of six newly qualified interns at an elite hospital. Guided by a resident nicknamed the Gordo, they discover exhausting shifts, absurd hierarchies and life-or-death dilemmas, while trying to preserve their sanity and humanity.
Original title: The House of God. Originally published in 1978; this edition is from 2002. First installment of the House of God series.
Reading especially recommended for medical students and professionals for its ironic, honest and satirical view of hospital life.
Samuel Shem is the pen name of the American psychiatrist Stephen Joseph Bergman. His main works are The House of God and Mount Misery, both fictional but close-to-real first-hand descriptions of the training of doctors in the United States.
