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The
2007 Award
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Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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young boys both Jacques Rebière and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated
with trying to understand the human mind.As psychiatrists, their quest takes
them from the squalor of the Victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture
halls of the renowned Professor Charcot in Paris; from the heights of the
Sierra Madre in California to the plains of unexplored Africa.
As the concerns of the old century fade and the First World War divides Europe, the two men's volatile relationship develops and changes, but is always tempered by one exceptional woman; Thomas's sister Sonia. Moving
and challenging in equal measure, Human Traces explores the question of
what kind of beings men and women really are. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Sebastian Faulks's six previous novels include Birdsong (1993), The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989) and On Green Dolphin Street (2001). He is also the author of a biographical study, The Fatal Englishman (1996). He lives in London, is married and has two sons and a daughter. |
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