The Anatomy Lesson by Nina Siegal

The Anatomy Lesson by Nina Siegal

A single day in Amsterdam, 1632. The Surgeons' Guild has commissioned a young artist named Rembrandt to paint Dr. Nicolaes Tulp as he performs a medical dissection. In the swirl of anticipation and intrigue surrounding the event, we meet an extraordinary constellation of men and women whose lives hinge, in some way, on Dr. Tulp's anatomy lesson. There is Aris the Kid, the condemned coat thief whose body is to be used for the dissection; Flora, his pregnant lover; Jan Fetchet, the curio dealer who acquires corpses for the doctor's work; the great Ren Descartes, who will attend the dissection in his quest to understand where the human soul resides; and the Dutch master himself, who feels a shade uneasy about this assignment.
As the story builds to its dramatic conclusion, circumstances conspire to produce a famous painting--and an immortal painter. Vividly rendered, masterfully written, The Anatomy Lesson is a story of mind and body, death and love--and redemptive power of art.

Nina Siegal was a Fulbright Scholar and obtained her MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has written for a variety of periodicals, including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. She is a resident of Amsterdam.

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ISBN 13	9780385538367
ISBN 10	0385538367
Titel	The Anatomy Lesson
Autor	Nina Siegal
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Nan A. Talese
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-03-11
Seitenanzahl	271
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.