Books
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Flesh by David Szalay
Flesh by David Szalay (pronounced soloy) is a refreshingly different novel. It’s quite brief and pacy, and on the surface…
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The Woman with the Cure by Lynn Cullen
Being a dentist and mother to a lively two-year-old, I have always been physically mindful of how valuable health is,…
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Beneath the Gesture: Review of A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee
For the bibliophile in every busy medical professional, searching for a story that digs deeper than the surface, Chang-rae Lee’s…
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The Iliad : Frail Humanity and Brittle Godhood
What is the tragedy at the core of the Iliad? It is the tragedy of all Greek myth – echoed…
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BEING MORTAL: MEDICINE AND WHAT MATTERS IN THE END
It was just a tingle in the fingers, along with associated neck pain, until it became a tumor for him.…
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Normal People by Sally Rooney- A Review
Normal People caused quite a stir when it was released. The book was widely lauded, it was immediately made into…
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The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Have you ever revisited your medical school days? I bet you have. The banter in the dissection room with the…
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Lost in Adaptation: Why Stories Shrink on Screen
There’s something deeply personal about reading a book. You carry it with you—dog-eared, underlined, sometimes stained with coffee or tears.…
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The Alchemy Of Healing- Are We All Harry Potters?
Pharmacology vs the phantasmagorical potions of the Potter world. The stories we love best do live in us forever.” —…
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Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander
A Neurosurgeon’s journey into the afterlife by Eben Alexander (Paperback, 196 pages) (First published in the US by Simon &…
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