Scarred Hearts

It is Paris in the 1930s and Emanuel, a young Romanian student, finds himself dangerously ill with spinal tuberculosis. He is sent to a sanatorium near the French coast where for a year he remains wrapped in a plaster body cast - the conventional treatment for his disease at that time. In the eerie, [...]
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It is Paris in the 1930s and Emanuel, a young Romanian student, finds himself dangerously ill with spinal tuberculosis. He is sent to a sanatorium near the French coast where for a year he remains wrapped in a plaster body cast - the conventional treatment for his disease at that time. In the eerie, isolated world of the sanatorium Emanuel discovers that life goes on. He suffers his horrendous cure and his body slowly deteriorates - but unexpectedly he falls in love. This doomed love affair between two patients is at the emotional core of a rare, unforgettable novel.