We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us
they remain uncharted territory.
In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the listener on a
journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from
the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and
the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering
of the foot.
Drawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP, he blends firsthand
case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and
portrayed over the millennia. If the body is a foreign country, then to
practise medicine is to explore new territory: Francis leads the
listener on an adventure through what it means to be human.
Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this
audiobook will transform the way you think about being alive, whether in
sickness or in health.
Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and doctor and a contributor to
The Guardian, The New York Review of Books and London Review of
Books.
