The Physician
Esta fascinante novela describe la pasión de un hombre del siglo XI por vencer la enfermedad y la muerte, aliviar el dolor de sus semejantes e impartir el don casi místico de sanar que le ha sido otorgado. Esa pasión le llevará desde la brutalidad y la ignorancia de la Inglaterra de su época a la sensual turbulencia y el esplendor de la remota Persia, donde conocerá al legendario maestro Avicena, que está experimentando con las primeras armas de la medicina moderna
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After his mother dies in eleventh-century London and his father shortly after, nine-year-old Rob Cole apprentices to a wandering barber-surgeon. Years later, hungry for real medicine, Rob disguises himself as a Jew and travels alone across Europe to Isfahan to study under the great Ibn Sina.
Yes. Noah Gordon's The Physician (1986) is the first book in his Cole family trilogy, followed by Shaman and Matters of Choice. Each follows a different Cole-family physician across centuries.
Yes. A 2013 German-American film adaptation directed by Philipp Stolzl and starring Ben Kingsley was released. The film is faithful to the medieval medical pilgrimage premise.
The Physician was written by Noah Gordon, published in 1986 by LGF.
The Physician is 694 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Physician takes most readers 10 to 15 hours to finish.
The Physician is a standalone novel by Noah Gordon, not part of a series.
The Physician is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
