by Samuel Shem · Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf. GmbH & Co · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783426609064
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«House of God» is the satirical novel by Samuel Shem, published by Droemer Knaur in paperback (488 pages, in German).
Satirical novel about the first year of residency of young doctor Roy Basch at House of God hospital. He discovers that clinical routine imposes priorities very different from helping the patient, and encounters the 'Gomers' and the thirteen grotesque unwritten laws of the institution. Black humour and critique of dehumanised medicine.
First instalment of the House of God series; the original English title, 'The House of God', was published in 1978.
Cult work among medical professionals; suitable for readers interested in social satire and black humour.
Samuel Shem is the pen name of the American psychiatrist Stephen Joseph Bergman. His main works are The House of God and Mount Misery, both fictional but close-to-real first-hand descriptions of the training of doctors in the United States.
