by Martin Winckler · ISBN 9782867446030
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«La maladie de Sachs» is the novel by Martin Winckler, published by P.O.L. in paperback (474 pages, in French).
The novel follows Bruno Sachs, a general practitioner in a small French town, through consultations and the notebooks where he records his patients' pain. With vignettes and reflections, it portrays the medical relationship, empathy, responsibility, and the burnout of those who listen to others' suffering, while also asking who cares for the doctor.
The first edition, published in Paris in 1998, was awarded the Prix du Livre Inter that same year.
For readers of literary fiction interested in medicine, the doctor-patient relationship, and contemporary French narrative.
Martin Winckler is a French M.D. and short story, novel and essay writer. His main topics are the French medical system, the relationships between caregivers and patients and Women's Health. One of the first TV series critics in France, he has written numerous articles and books on the subject.
