The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy

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Illustrated
2010
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Bill Hayes pays eloquent tribute to two masterpieces: the human body and the book detailing it. With passion and wit, Hayes explores the significance of 'Gray's Anatomy' and explains why it came to symbolize a turning point in medical history. As a master of narrative nonfiction Hayes weaves his moving personal story and anatomical experiences throughout.

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Bill Hayes pays eloquent tribute to two masterpieces: the human body and the book detailing it. With passion and wit, Hayes explores the significance of 'Gray's Anatomy' and explains why it came to symbolize a turning point in medical history. As a master of narrative nonfiction Hayes weaves his moving personal story and anatomical experiences throughout.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 250
Edition: 1
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Published: 15 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 1934137219
ISBN 13: 9781934137215
Book Overview: This is a paperback reprint of the hardcover original published by Ballantine books in 2008. It sold 9,176 copies. 2008 marked the 150th anniversary of Gray's Anatomy, a classic that has never gone out of print. One of the most famous books in the English language (not to mention, the inspiration for the name of the TV show Grey's Anatomy ), Gray's Anatomy is certainly the only medical textbook that people all around the world know by name. Gray's Anatomy has been translated into over a dozen languages. Millions of copies have been sold worldwide--to med students and artists alike. The Anatomist will appeal to: Fans of narrative nonfiction (e.g., Mark Karlinsky's books). Readers of popular science (e.g., the books of Oliver Sacks, Natalie Angier, Sherwin Nuland). Physicians, medical students, and anatomists, as well as artists and anglophiles. When released in hardcover in 2007, the book was reviewed widely including in the New Yorker, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Washington Post. Hayes was also interviewed on Forum (KQED) and the Leonard Lopate Show.

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New York Times Book Review, and other newspaper paperback columns and holiday round-ups, book blogs, literary journals and science magazines, NPR digital, NPR, etc.

Author Bio

Bill Hayes is the author of the national bestseller Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir and Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood. His work has been published in The New York Times Magazine and Details, among other publications. He has also been featured on many NPR programmes as well as the Discovery Health Channel.