¨Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery¨ by Richard Selzer, is the book that I´m reading at the moment. It is a collection of essays from a surgeon about his reflections on his work. The essays are loosely grouped by their subject, but don´t seem to follow any central line or style. Some are memories, other follow a more poetic vein. A big mixed bag, just like our entrails (this is the kind of metaphor you would find in the book!).

It works, very well actually. In some of the essays where he talks about the workings of our body and its illnesses, I find myself shivering from introspecting what is being said into my own bag of meat. When he talks about his experiences practicing medicine, I can´t help but wonder at all sorts of human drama, from the humorous to the sad and the bizarre, that physicians must go through.

Recommended read, and I´m only one third into the book.