{"product_id":"carnicero-butcher","title":"Carnicero \/ Butcher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;laquo;La escritora m\u0026amp;aacute;s ingeniosa, brillante, curiosa y original del momento\u0026amp;raquo;.-Gillian Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e En esta historia basada en hechos reales, Joyce Carol Oates sigue los pasos de un m\u0026amp;eacute;dico que en el siglo XIX someti\u0026amp;oacute; impunemente a una gran cantidad de mujeres a operaciones grotescas para as\u0026amp;iacute; poder publicar sus investigaciones. El doctor Silas Weir, conocido a posteriori como el padre de la neurolog\u0026amp;iacute;a y de la \u0026amp;laquo;ginopsiquiatr\u0026amp;iacute;a\u0026amp;raquo;, se obsesiona en esta novela con una de sus pacientes, Brigit, una joven sirvienta albina que se convierte en el principal sujeto de sus experimentos y en la semilla de su destrucci\u0026amp;oacute;n. Narrada por el hijo mayor de Weir, que ha repudiado el legado brutal de su padre, \u003ci\u003eCarnicero \u003c\/i\u003ese asoma al horror al que la comunidad cient\u0026amp;iacute;fica ha sometido las mujeres a lo largo de la historia y deambula por las galer\u0026amp;iacute;as m\u0026amp;aacute;s oscuras de la psique humana, mientras trama al mismo tiempo una esperanzadora historia de amor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women\u0026amp;rsquo;s asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, \u0026amp;ldquo;Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,\u0026amp;rdquo; as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the state\u0026amp;mdash;women he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of nineteenth-century surgery, Weir\u0026amp;rsquo;s ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weir\u0026amp;rsquo;s primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Narrated by Silas Weir\u0026amp;rsquo;s eldest son, who has repudiated his father\u0026amp;rsquo;s brutal legacy, \u003ci\u003eButcher \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. Once again, Joyce Carol Oates has written a spellbinding novel confirming her position as one of our celebrated American visionaries of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH Grupo Editorial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49739314430179,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9788420477954","price":164.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/5e43e72cfdf3-9788420477954.jpg?v=1789553282","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/carnicero-butcher","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}