Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain is a tour de force. Not only is each of Kirsten Menger-Anderson's stories a gem in and of itself, but the collection as a timeline of the remarkably whacky whims of psychiatry over the years--blood- letting, lobotomies, and spontaneous bltadwin.rus: Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain is a tour de force. Not only is each of Kirsten Menger-Anderson's stories a gem in and of itself, but the collection as a timeline of the remarkably whacky whims of psychiatry over the years--blood- letting, lobotomies, and spontaneous combustion/5(46). "Dr. Olaf Van Schuler's Brain" by Kirsten Menger-Anderson is a sensational first novel that masterfully intertwines stories of medical fantasia with the intriguing history of New York City. Spanning years and 13 generations of New York medical men (and eventually women once the mid 19th century hit), "Dr. Olaf Van Schuler's Brain" is a.
Excerpts from Sally Shore's "The New Short Fiction Series" featuring Kirsten Menger-Anderson's "Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain" "The New Short Fiction Serie. In Dr. Olaf van Schuler flees the Old World and arrives in New Amsterdam with his lunatic mother, two bags of medical implements, and a carefully guarded book of his own medicines. He is the first in what will become a long line of peculiar physicians. Plagued by madness and guided by an intense desire to cure human affliction, each generation of this unusual family is driven by the. Click to read more about Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain by Kirsten Menger-Anderson. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
"Dr. Olaf Van Schuler's Brain" by Kirsten Menger-Anderson is a sensational first novel that masterfully intertwines stories of medical fantasia with the intriguing history of New York City. Spanning years and 13 generations of New York medical men (and eventually women once the mid 19th century hit), "Dr. Olaf Van Schuler's Brain" is a. --Daphne Kalotay, author of Calamity and Other Stories * * * "If I had a talent for fiction, Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain is the book I'd dream of writing. Kirsten Menger Anderson's writing floors me. To read her luminous prose applied to the grotesqueries of the characters is an unforgettable literary experience.". I have to say Dr. Olaf van Schuler’s Brain is the most profoundly satisfying book I’ve read in a very long time. Kirsten Menger-Anderson has a real gift for choosing the perfect resonant detail, creating prose that is both evocative and elegantly spare.
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