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Theatre of pain
Doctors’ blood-and-guts memoirs expose the pride, violence and rare, sweet beauty of medicine
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The Magic Mountain
Few pairings of artist and writer are as finely tuned as the inspired one to use ‘Midi du Dent’ for a novel set in a sanatorium, writes Jackie Wullschlager
Out of Sheer Rage
The subtle attempt to interweave author and subject – separated only by an eye band – succeeds to shroud what would be a hubristic claim if made explicit
The Blue Flower
A sphinx-like young girl is set against Gothic script on this original hardback cover, evoking the author’s surreal humour, writes Jackie Wullschlager
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