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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Berkley Pub Group
Publication date
December 4, 2012
Pages
402
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780425258781
ISBN-10
0425258785
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.72 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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At the Heart of the Universe | When Breath Becomes Air | Kill as Few Patients as Possible | We Have to Talk | The Buddha's Wife | The House of God | Fine | Mount Misery
At the Heart of the Universe | When Breath Becomes Air | Kill as Few Patients as Possible | We Have to Talk | The Buddha's Wife | The House of God | Fine | Mount Misery
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Notorious for its Rabelaisian comedy, and celebrated for its humanism, Samuel Shemâs The House of God was hailed as âtroubling and hilariousâ¦brutally honestâ (The New York Times), a âCatch-22 with stethoscopesâ (Cosmopolitan). Now in his most ambitious novel yet, Shem returns to dissect the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, ghosts and bullies, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Settled into a relationship with an Italian yoga instructor and working in Europe, Dr. Orville Rose's peace is shaken by his mother's death.
On his return to Columbia, a Hudson River town of quirky people and âplagued by breakage,â he learns that his mother has willed him a large sum of money, her 1981 Chrysler, and her Victorian house in the center of town. There's one odd catch: he must live in her house for one year and thirteen days. As he struggles with his decisionâto stay and meet the terms of the will or return to his life in ItalyâOrville reconnects with family, reunites with former friends, and comes to terms with old rivals and bitter memories. In the process heâll discover his own history, as well as his motherâs, and finally learn what it really means to be a healer, and to be healed.
On his return to Columbia, a Hudson River town of quirky people and âplagued by breakage,â he learns that his mother has willed him a large sum of money, her 1981 Chrysler, and her Victorian house in the center of town. There's one odd catch: he must live in her house for one year and thirteen days. As he struggles with his decisionâto stay and meet the terms of the will or return to his life in ItalyâOrville reconnects with family, reunites with former friends, and comes to terms with old rivals and bitter memories. In the process heâll discover his own history, as well as his motherâs, and finally learn what it really means to be a healer, and to be healed.
Editions
Hardcover
from Kent State Univ Pr (June 1, 2008)
9780873389426 | details & prices | 334 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $28.95
About: From the author of 'The House of God' comes a novel about an expatriate doctor called home to Columbia, New York following the death of his mother.
About: From the author of 'The House of God' comes a novel about an expatriate doctor called home to Columbia, New York following the death of his mother.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Berkley Pub Group (December 4, 2012)
9780425258781 | details & prices | 402 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.72 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Notorious for its Rabelaisian comedy, and celebrated for its humanism, Samuel Shemâs The House of God was hailed as âtroubling and hilariousâ¦brutally honestâ (The New York Times), a âCatch-22 with stethoscopesâ (Cosmopolitan).
About: Notorious for its Rabelaisian comedy, and celebrated for its humanism, Samuel Shemâs The House of God was hailed as âtroubling and hilariousâ¦brutally honestâ (The New York Times), a âCatch-22 with stethoscopesâ (Cosmopolitan).
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