by Maxence Van Der Meersch · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401491818
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«Cuerpos y almas» is the realist novel by Maxence Van Der Meersch, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (632 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the L’Egalité University Hospital in the late 1930s, the plot follows Dr. Michel Doutreval, from an illustrious family of doctors, through a faculty marked by the humiliation of prostitutes and tuberculosis patients, closed professional corporatism, and the rise of doctors of humble origin.
Originally published as «Corps et âmes» in 1943, it won the Prix de l’Académie française that year.
For those who enjoy social criticism and historical setting in the medical field.
Maxence Van der Meersch was a French Flemish writer.
