by Axel Munthe · CÍRCULO DE LECTORES · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422614289
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«La historia de San Michele» is the autobiographical work of Swedish physician Axel Munthe, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (351 pages, in Spanish).
In these memoirs, Axel Munthe evokes his childhood in Sweden and his work as a doctor in Italy and France. Episodes and characters of different backgrounds —peasants, the sick, high society— serve him to reflect on human nature, illness, death and the meaning of life.
Illustrated edition with dust jacket, in a translation from the Swedish by Nanny Wachsmuth de Zamora. Work originally published in 1929.
Work recommended for readers of memoirs and classic biographies, lovers of Swedish literature and stories set in Italy.
Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work. He spoke several languages, grew up in Sweden, attended medical school there, then studied medicine in Paris and opened his first practice in France. He was married to a wealthy Englishwoman and spent most of his adult life in Italy.
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