by Samuel Shem · Urban & Fischer, Mchn. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783437456121
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«House of God. Blauer Umschlag» is the satirical novel by Samuel Shem, published by Urban & Fischer in 1997 in paperback (488 pages, in German).
The novel follows a group of medical interns over a year in a fictional teaching hospital inspired by Beth Israel Hospital, in the early 1970s. With satire and black humor, it shows how the medical training system can dehumanize residents and push them into cynicism.
First installment of the House of God series. This blue-covered edition includes an introduction by John Updike.
Ideal reading for those seeking a classic satire on medicine, with acerbic humor and criticism of the hospital system.
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.
