{"product_id":"jealousy-and-medicine-michael-choromanski-1st-edition","title":"Jealousy And Medicine, Michael Choromanski — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, The Willow Press Limited, 1946\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 282.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good: The book remains a structurally sound and attractive. The binding appears tight and firm, with the visible yellow cloth along the edges exhibiting only minor shelf-wear and light handling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. The text block is solid, with the preliminary pages remaining remarkably legible and bright despite the typical, mild age-toning and faint edge-foxing expected of post-war paper stock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. Crucially, the book is housed in its striking original black pictorial dust jacket designed by A. Horowicz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e; this jacket is protected in a clear removable sleeve, retaining unoxidised, vivid colours across the front panel's medical chart and yellow rose graphic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, with only mild rubbing to the extremities and some light browning to the inner flaps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First UK Edition of Michał Choromański’s celebrated Polish novel, translated into English by Eileen Arthurton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. The copyright page proudly confirms its status as the first iteration published in Great Britain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe volume is distinguished by its stunning original dust jacket, crafted by A. Horowicz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, which incorporates a haunting modernist motif of a medical chart juxtaposed with a drooping yellow rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. While Choromański's psychological masterpiece, originally published in Warsaw in 1932, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003egarnered the First Prize from the Polish Academy of Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, finding early English-language editions intact with their original, unclipped jackets has become increasingly uncommon on the open antiquarian market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eSet during a tumultuous and unnatural autumn in Poland, \u003ci\u003eJealousy and Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is a feverish psychological thriller that explores the destructive, labyrinthine nature of suspicion and passion. The novel traces a hallucinatory love triangle between Widmar, an aging husband, his enigmatic wife Rebecca, and Dr. Tamten, a brilliant but compromised surgeon. As the boundaries blur between medical ethics and ordinary human deceit, Choromański pioneers fragmented timelines to plunge the reader directly into the escalating madness of the jealous mind. Praised by critics as akin to the works of Proust, Mann, and Conrad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e, it remains a deeply unsettling exploration of betrayal and obsession.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53728898285907,"sku":"4111-RM-FR-VG-9","price":98.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260609_133005.jpg?v=1781012165","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/jealousy-and-medicine-michael-choromanski-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}