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by Joyce Carol Oates (Author)

«La escritora m?s ingeniosa, brillante, curiosa y original del momento .-Gillian Flynn

En esta historia basada en hechos reales, Joyce Carol Oates sigue los pasos de un m?dico que en el siglo XIX someti? impunemente a una gran cantidad de mujeres a operaciones grotescas para as? poder publicar sus investigaciones. El doctor Silas Weir, conocido a posteriori como el padre de la neurolog?a y de la «ginopsiquiatr?a , se obsesiona en esta novela con una de sus pacientes, Brigit, una joven sirvienta albina que se convierte en el principal sujeto de sus experimentos y en la semilla de su destrucci?n. Narrada por el hijo mayor de Weir, que ha repudiado el legado brutal de su padre, Carnicero se asoma al horror al que la comunidad cient?fica ha sometido las mujeres a lo largo de la historia y deambula por las galer?as m?s oscuras de la psique humana, mientras trama al mismo tiempo una esperanzadora historia de amor.

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From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women's asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world

In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, "Father of Gyno-Psychiatry," as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the state--women he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of nineteenth-century surgery, Weir's ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weir's primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction.

Narrated by Silas Weir's eldest son, who has repudiated his father's brutal legacy, Butcher is a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. Once again, Joyce Carol Oates has written a spellbinding novel confirming her position as one of our celebrated American visionaries of the imagination.

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Joyce Carol Oates naci? en Lockport, Nueva York, en 1938 y es una de las grandes figuras de la literatura contempor?nea estadounidense. Es autora de m?s de medio centenar de novelas, m?s de cuatrocientos relatos breves, m?s de veinte de libros de no ficci?n, doce libros de poes?a y diez obras de teatro en sus m?s de seis d?cadas de trabajo. Ha sido galardonada con numerosos premios, como el National Book Award, el PEN/Malamud Award, el Prix Femina ?tranger y, en Espa?a, el Premio BBK Ja! Bilbao por el «modern?simo humor negro de su obra? y el Premio Pepe Carvalho 2021. En 2010 recibi? la Medalla Nacional de Humanidades, el m?s alto galard?n civil del gobierno estadounidense en el campo de las humanidades, y, en 2012, el Premio Stone de la Oregon State University por su carrera literaria. Alfaguara inici? en 2008 la publicaci?n de su obra con la magistral novela La hija del sepulturero, a la que han seguido Mam?, Infiel, Ave del para?so, Memorias de una viuda, Una hermosa doncella, Blonde, Hermana m?a, mi amor, Mujer de barro, Carthage; , M?gico, sombr?o, impenetrable, Rey de Picas. Una novela de suspense, Un libro de m?rtires americanos, Riesgos de los viajes en el tiempo, Delatora, Babysitter, Noche. Sue?o. Muerte. Las estrellas y, ahora, Carnicero, su ?ltima y esperada novela. (c) Dustin Cohen Im?genes de la cubierta: (c) cottonbro studio

Number of Pages: 424
Dimensions: 1.2 x 9.4 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: February 18, 2025

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