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4420809Butcherhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/butcher-9780008694890/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4103292/image.jpg?v=638834069448400000287350MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going</strong> GILLIAN FLYNN</p><p><strong>Gripping Bravura storytelling</strong> <em>VOGUE</em></p><p><strong>A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare</strong> <em>FINANCIAL TIMES</em></p><p><strong>From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a nineteenth-century womens asylum, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.</strong></p><p>Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Dr Silas Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics. There, his work focuses on women who have been neglected by the state women he subjects to grotesque modes of experimentation.</p><p>Based on authentic historical documents, <em>Butcher</em> is a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche.</p><p><strong>A ghastly and harrowing page-turner</strong> STEPHEN KING, via X</p><p><strong>A triumph of style and brio</strong> <em>FINANCIAL TIMES</em></p><p><strong>Terrifying</strong> <em>FLAUNT</em></p><p><strong>Vividly and compellingly-drawn</strong> <em>iNEWS</em></p>...4537602Butcher287350https://www.gandhi.com.mx/butcher-9780008694890/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4103292/image.jpg?v=638834069448400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249780008694890_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_<p><strong>From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a womens asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.</strong></p><p>In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, Father of Gyno-Psychiatry, as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the statewomen he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of nineteenth-century surgery, Weirs ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weirs primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction.</p><p>Narrated by Silas Weirs eldest son, who has repudiated his fathers brutal legacy, <em>Butcher</em> is a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. Once again, Joyce Carol Oates has written a spellbinding novel confirming her position as one of our celebrated American visionaries of the imagination.</p>...(*_*)9780008694890_<p><strong>Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going</strong> GILLIAN FLYNN</p><p><strong>Delightfully disturbing</strong> <em>iNEWS</em></p><p><strong>A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare</strong> <em>FINANCIAL TIMES</em></p><p><strong>From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a womens asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.</strong></p><p>In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, Father of Gyno-Psychiatry, as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the statewomen he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of nineteenth-century surgery, Weirs ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weirs primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction.</p><p>Narrated by Silas Weirs eldest son, who has repudiated his fathers brutal legacy, <em>Butcher</em> is a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. Once again, Joyce Carol Oates has written a spellbinding novel confirming her position as one of our celebrated American visionaries of the imagination.</p><p><strong>A master storyteller</strong> <em>THE TIMES</em></p><p><strong>Vividly and compellingly-drawn</strong> <em>iNEWS</em></p>...(*_*)9780008694890_<p><strong>Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going</strong> GILLIAN FLYNN</p><p><strong>Gripping Bravura storytelling</strong> <em>VOGUE</em></p><p><strong>A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare</strong> <em>FINANCIAL TIMES</em></p><p><strong>From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a nineteenth-century womens asylum, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.</strong></p><p>Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Dr Silas Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics. There, his work focuses on women who have been neglected by the state women he subjects to grotesque modes of experimentation.</p><p>Based on authentic historical documents, <em>Butcher</em> is a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche.</p><p><strong>A ghastly and harrowing page-turner</strong> STEPHEN KING, via X</p><p><strong>A triumph of style and brio</strong> <em>FINANCIAL TIMES</em></p><p><strong>Terrifying</strong> <em>FLAUNT</em></p><p><strong>Vividly and compellingly-drawn</strong> <em>iNEWS</em></p>...9780008694890_HarperCollins Publisherslibro_electonico_9780008694890_9780008694890Joyce CarolInglésMéxico2024-05-21T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollinsuk-epub-acc85955-2336-4e2b-bfe0-4e590b7af582.epub2024-05-21T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers