by Noah Gordon · Rocabolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496940000
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«El médico» is the historical novel by Noah Gordon, published by Rocabolsillo in paperback (800 pages, in Spanish).
Rob J. Cole, a young Londoner of the 11th century, loses his family and discovers he has a gift for recognizing the approach of death. Determined to study medicine, he crosses Europe and passes as a Jew to enter the madrasa of Isfahan, where he learns from the Persian physician Avicenna.
First installment of the Cole family trilogy. The original work, The Physician, was published in 1986; the Spanish translation is by Iris Menéndez.
Recommended for readers of historical and adventure fiction, with an interest in medieval medicine and initiatory journeys.
Noah Gordon was an American novelist.
