by Archibald Joseph Cronin · n/a · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401371622
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«La ciudadela» is the novel by A.J. Cronin about a young idealistic doctor, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback, with 411 pages, in Spanish.
Andrew Manson, newly qualified in medicine, arrives at a mining town in Wales and practises with vocation and honesty. His integrity clashes with a medical system that rewards materialism and ambition. After moving to London, Manson experiences a professional rise that distances him from his ideals, and he will need to find his way back thanks to his wife and to colleagues who uphold medical ethics.
Spanish edition translated from English by Enrique Pepe. The original work, «The Citadel», was first published in 1937.
Recommended for readers of classic fiction novels and for those seeking a story about professional ethics, medicine and social struggle.
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors. Cronin knew both areas, as a medical inspector of mines and as a physician in Harley Street. The book exposed unfairness and malpractice in British medicine and helped to inspire the National Health Service.
