Taking the World In for Repairs, Richard Selzer
Taking the World In for Repairs, Richard Selzer
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Taking the World In for Repairs

Author: Richard Selzer

Narrator: Sam Gray

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/17/2013


Synopsis

From Richard Selzer, professor of surgery and writing at Yale and award-winning author, comes 13 insightful essays that guide listeners on a fascinating tour of the world-from the deepest mysteries of faith to the inner workings of a slaughter house. In these sometimes outlandish slices of life from around the globe, Richard Selzer tantalizes listeners with observations that will encourage deep thought and a new understanding of the world around us.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J. on October 12, 2021

I just finished this challenging book that I enjoyed very much. Except for the writing. The author, Richard Selzer, writes so eloquently and well that I was filled with envy and almost decided never to write again. “Taking The World In For Repairs” is a lovely collection of essays that, though publis......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on August 01, 2022

I appreciated most the essays in this collection that are the most substantial, especially the first one about his time staying in a monastery and the final one, from which the book takes its title. A few of the others are too light for my taste.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on August 14, 2018

Selzer is a surgeon and creative writing professor. As would be expected from the latter, his writing is fantastic, at times breathtaking. All of the essays and stories at least touch on medicine and health (which is a particular interest of mine), but it is not the main focus of all of them. Selzer......more

Goodreads review by Sondang on August 05, 2007

Well, even though it contains of short stories -which usually I looove- but this one too heavy for me. The writer was a doctor, so of course it was naturally for him to wrote all the settings. But when I got this book -hardcover edition- at 2003, I was a young girl who didn't care about the world too......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 29, 2007

I don't remember many details, except that Selzer is a surgeon and he writes very well and very philosophically. He was one of the earliest "literary docs."......more