Vincent lam bloodletting and miraculous cures

Bloodletting and miraculous cures won the 2006 scotiabank giller prize, canadas most prestigious literary award, on november 7, 2006. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. He is the youngest writer, and the only firsttime author, to win it. Winner of the 2006 scotiabank giller prize an astonishing literary. In night flight, one of the best of the linked stories in vincent lams first book, a toronto physician named dr. Bloodletting and miraculous cures was also a finalist for the story prize in 2008. Twelve interwoven stories follow the lives of a group of. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Vincent lam, author of the headmasters wager, bloodletting and miraculous cures. Celebrated by critics and awarded one of canadas top literary prizes, bloodletting is a masterful, smart and engaging debut collection of short stories. Buy bloodletting and miraculous cures by lam, vincent from amazons fiction books store. A practicing er physician, vincent lam delivers a precise and intimate portrait of the medical profession in his fiction debut.

At the same time, lam has also incorporated elements that show the risks doctors face every day while trying to save others. Vincent lam books list of books by author vincent lam. His work has appeared in the globe and mail, the national post, and carve. Lam writes that the hospital management and the union reps called all the nurses to a room and drew names from a. By following four young medical students and physicians ming, fitz, sri and chen this debut collection from 2006 scotiabank giller prize winner vincent lam is a riveting, eyeopening account of what it means to be a doctor. Fitzgerald takes a jet to guatemala to treat a tourist whos had a stroke. Bloodletting and miraculous cures by vincent lam, paperback. Vincent lam was born in london, ontario, and studied medicine in toronto where he is an emergency physician at toronto east general hospital. In bloodletting and miraculous cures, vincent lam holds in delicate and skillful tension black humour, investigations of both common and extraordinary moral dilemmas, and a sometimes shockingly realistic and matteroffact portrait of todays medical profession. Hot off the presses the headmasters wager, my latest book and my debut novel, is about percival chen, a chinese compulsive gambler and headmaster of an english school in saigon during the vietnam war. Lam s first book bloodletting and miraculous cures is based on his experiences in medical school.

Bloodletting is an honest and revealing work, which entertains while challenging the reader to reflect on some of the ethical issues presented. Sep 26, 2006 in bloodletting and miraculous cures, vincent lam holds in delicate and skillful tension black humour, investigations of both common and extraordinary moral dilemmas, and a sometimes shockingly realistic and matteroffact portrait of todays medical profession. Set in his hometown, the stories feel more like chapters in a loosely told novel, revolving around four toronto doctors, than a standard short story collection. Join facebook to connect with vincent lam and others you may know. The book, inspired by lam s own experiences in medical school and as a professional physician, is a volume of interconnected short stories about the lives and relationships of fitzgerald, ming, chen and sri, four young medical students in toronto bloodletting won the 2006 scotiabank giller prize. The seventh in the set, entitled eli, heavily explores the theme of deception. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The book, inspired by lams own experiences in medical school. Few first books are fortunate enough to receive both high praise and big awards, but vincent lam s bloodletting and miraculous cures deserves the attention. Through the eyes of fitz, ming, chen, and sri, vincent lam finds conflict and humanity in the most surprising moments. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Few first books are fortunate enough to receive both high praise and big awards, but vincent lams bloodletting and miraculous cures.

Winner of the 2006 scotiabank giller prize an astonishing literary debut centred around four students as they apply to m. Review of bloodletting and miraculous cures by vincent lam. Together these doctors test the boundaries of intimacy as they cope with exam pressure, weigh moral dilemmas as they dissect cadavers, confront police who assault their patients, and treat schizophrenics with pathologies similar to their own. Canadianborn of vietnamese origin, vincent lam is a toronto emergency physician, married with a child. Contact all american speakers bureau to inquire about speaking fees and availability, and book the best keynote speaker for your next event. Vincent lam s collection of linked short stories is fascinating and occasionally downright amazing. The book, inspired by lam s own experiences in medical school and as a professional physician, is a volume of interconnected short stories about the lives and relationships of fitzgerald, ming, chen and sri, four young medical students in toronto. Nothing is predictable and much is offputting about the four young characters and their experiences as they become doctors, but one becomes oddly at home with their ways, their medical world, and the weird combinations of hope and bleakness, of adrenaline and numbness, of intimacy and isolation. The characters are doctors and people with little sense of their immigrant background. Straightaway i found myself captivated and intrigued by lams detailed, yet elegant, imagery and descriptions.

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