by Noah Gordon · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817674133
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«Medicus» is the historical novel by Noah Gordon, published by Rizzoli in paperback (672 pages, in Italian).
In the London of 1021, nine-year-old Rob Cole discovers he can sense the moment when life leaves a body. This gift drives him to study medicine and travel to Persia, where he becomes a disciple of Avicenna. The novel follows his struggle against suffering and death across the medieval Eurasian world, showing ancient and new medical practices.
First novel of the Cole Family trilogy, originally published as «The Physician» in 1986. The Italian edition is translated by Paola Tornaghi in the Scala stranieri collection.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction, with an interest in medieval medicine and stories of learning and vocation.
Noah Gordon was an American novelist.
