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- Herausgeber: Myriad Editions
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
Cartoonist and doctor Ian Williams introduces us to the troubled life of Dr Iwan James, as all humanity, it seems, passes through his surgery door. Incontinent old ladies, men with eagle tattoos, traumatised widowers - Iwan's patients cause him both empathy and dismay, as he tries to do his best in a world of limited time and budgetary constraints, and in which there are no easy answers. His feelings for his partners also cause him grief: something more than friendship for the sympathetic Dr Lois Pritchard, and not a little frustration at the prankish and obstructive Dr Robert Smith. Iwan's cycling trips with his friend Arthur provide some welcome relief, but even the landscape is imbued with his patients' distress. As we explore the phantoms from Iwan's past, we too begin to feel compassion for The Bad Doctor, and ask what is the dividing line between patient and provider? Wry, comic, graphic, from the humdrum to the tragic, his patients' stories are the spokes that make Iwan's wheels go round in this humane and eloquently drawn account of a doctor's life.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014
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Advance praise for The Bad Doctor ‘This unputdownable graphic novel, like all great literature, makes you feel slightly less alone. Ian Williams gently points out what’s under our noses but what we might not yet have managed to articulate. It shows us – through good observation and by being funny – how the ordinary is extraordinary.’ —Philippa Perry ‘Skilfully told, relentlessly honest, often funny and painfully true… this is courageous work. It undercuts the accepted nonsense that doctors are – or should be expected to be – seraphic beings, exalted above the rest of humanity. It should be read by every student and practising professional out there, and in the larger world as well. Ian Williams is my hero and I wish he were my doctor, too!’ —David Small ‘Amazing… crafted with a consistent wit in which the cartoon narrator spares himself no less than his patients. This profoundly honest doctor pursues his humanitarian mission while exorcising personal demons. Williams gives us a dose of insight and laughter that is germane not only to the comics medium, but also to medicine itself.’ —Justin Green ‘A helpful, insightful adventure into the dynamic of the doctor/patient relationship. The Bad Doctor’s elegant renderings illuminate the mind and explore the relationships that don’t always have a happy ending. A very original and honest view of a highly personal examination of the human psyche.’ —Ron Turner, Last Gasp Comics ‘Gentle, thoughtful, humorous, and with a real light touch. I enjoyed the different stories, the well-realised world it created and, like any good fiction, the view of another internal life.’ —Bryan Talbot
About the author Ian Williams is a physician, comics artist, printmaker and writer. He founded the website GraphicMedicine.org and began to publish his own strips in 2007, under the nom de plume Thom Ferrier, while still working in a rural general practice in Wales. Born to a Welsh family, he was brought up in the north of England and now lives in Brighton. An extract from The Bad Doctor was shortlisted for the 2012 First Graphic Novel Competition.
Myriad Editions
First edition published in 2014 This ebook edition published in 2014 by Myriad Editions 59 Lansdowne Place Brighton BN3 1FL, UK www.myriadeditions.com Copyright © Ian Williams 2014 The moral right of the author has been asserted. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-908434-67-8 This ebook edition has been created using CircularFLO from Circular Software
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