Veresayev’s debut work is now available in an audio format!
The literary debut of Veresayev. An autobiographical book that first saw the light in 1901—and instantly brought widespread recognition to the young author.
The first steps of a newly minted doctor, beginning his journey in the medical field. Successes and failures. The agonizing fear of making an error that could kill an innocent patient. Stresses. Despair. Pride in one’s achievements. Dangerous and morally questionable, yet necessary experiments on people, in the search for new treatment methods. A sensation and a scandal—the appearance of women doctors. Russia’s eternal problem—the passion for self-medication and “treatment,” as they would say now, with “non-traditional” methods.
So what is this life of a young, beginning doctor, really? A feat—or a martyr’s cross? Veresayev keeps asking himself this question again and again—and can’t find the answer.
The collection includes the novella “Povetrie.”