MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS: THE QUEST OF DR. PAUL FARMER, A MAN WHO WOULD CURE THE WORLD
by KIDDER, TRACY;
List Price: HK$ 171.00
ˇ@ISBN
9780812980554
ˇ@Subject
BIOGRAPHY
ˇ@Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE US
ˇ@Publication
2009
ˇ@Edition
Paperback
ˇ@Version
Original
ˇ@Description
At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer, a renowned infectious-disease specialist and anthropologist. Farmer was brought up in a bus, and in medical school he found his lifeˇ¦s calling: to cure infectious diseases and bring the advanced lifesaving tools to those who need them most. This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable. It also shows how one can create a meaningful life, like Farmer ˇV a charismatic leader in international health and a doctor who finds time to make house calls in the mountains of Haiti.
A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tracy Kidder takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer practices through his dedication to the philosophy "the only real nation is humanity".
