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“While there are some beautiful moments, a great deal of waxing poetical, and poignant comments about the realities of life in the face of sickness and death, this book doesn't deliver "life under the microscope" as much as
Linore_Rose_Burkard wrote this review Saturday, November 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
the author's struggles to join the fray of life above it. A physician who spends his days peering at cells, he feels his "disconnect" from people. People whose diseases he has to diagnose, and his attempts to connect to these real beings whose lives he usually only touches via a smear on a slide, are touching and heartfelt, and commendable. His use of startlingly different words in description is often a pleasure, but at times he reaches so hard for the sublime that he fails to communicate his idea at all.
The book is a surprisingly fast read, however, and interesting for what it offers. Dr. Nadler is a physician with a heart and a mind for literature and poetry, and it shows. We would do well if more doctors had half his soul! ”
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