The Resurrectionist：The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black

图书标准信息

• 作者 E. B. Hudspeth 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2013-05
• ISBN 9781594746161
• 定价 186.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 192页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Philadelphia,thelate1870s.Acityofgaslamps,cobblestonestreets,andhorse-drawncarriages—andhometothecontroversialsurgeonDr.SpencerBlack.Thesonofagraverobber,youngDr.BlackstudiesatPhiladelphia’sesteemedAcademyofMedicine,wherehedevelopsanunconventionalhypothesis:Whatiftheworld’smostcelebratedmythologicalbeasts—mermaids,minotaurs,andsatyrs—wereinfacttheevolutionaryancestorsofhumankind?

TheResurrectionistofferstwoextraordinarybooksinone.ThefirstisafictionalbiographyofDr.SpencerBlack,fromachildhoodspentexhumingcorpsesthroughhismedicaltraining,histravelswithcarnivals,andthemysteriousdisappearanceattheendofhislife.ThesecondbookisBlack’smagnumopus:TheCodexExtinctAnimalia,aGray’sAnatomyformythologicalbeasts—dragons,centaurs,Pegasus,Cerberus—allrenderedinmeticulouslydetailedanatomicalillustrations.Youneedonlylookattheseimagestorealizetheyaretheworkofamadman.TheResurrectionisttellshisstory.

【作者简介】

E.B.HUDSPETHisanartistandauthorlivinginNewJersey.Thisishisfirstbook.