Sebastian Faulks — Human Traces
London, Hutcinson, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novel about psychiatry, and the outbreak of war, by Sebastian Faulks. Tracing the intertwined lives of Doctors Thomas Midwinter, who is English, and Jacques Rebière, from Brittany, France, 'Human Traces' explores the development of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the late 19th century, by way of excursions into first alienism then metaphysics, human evolution and neuroscience, before the search for what it means to be human takes us into a brief foray into the First World War. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, in lovely condition. Dustwrapper is smart, with just a few marks to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
