International Dublin Literary Award こくさいだぶりんぶんがくしょう
Edition 4 (1999)
International Literary AwardNovelTranslated works (including works translated into English)
Winners
1 peopleThrough the life of a young man born unable to feel pain, this historical novel explores eighteenth-century medicine, ethics, and scientific curiosity. Human sensation and loneliness are examined within a tightly controlled structure.
The life of a man who cannot feel pain throws the boundaries between science and ethics into relief.
352 pages
pain perceptionmedicinescienceeighteenth centuryloneliness