Craig Joseph Danner
Autore di Himalayan Dhaba
Opere di Craig Joseph Danner
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 20th c.
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Oregon, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Mount Hood, Oregon, USA
- Istruzione
- The Evergreen State College, B.A., 1985
- Attività lavorative
- doctor
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Awards, shortlisted, 2002
- Breve biografia
- In 1991, Danner and his wife sold their house, medical practices, and possessions to travel to a remote village in the Indian Himalayas to help a gifted Indian surgeon -- in exchange for teaching them how to provide health care using basic tools and medicines.
"This man was doing amazing things with very little in the way of equipment and modern medicines, and we wanted to learn from him. Unfortunately, when we got there, he had left three days earlier, for a nine month training program in Uganda," explained Danner.
Language and cultural barriers didn't stop the adventurous duo from forging ahead, often by themselves. Not all their work was as successful as the all-night surgery. On one occasion, they helplessly watched a young woman die of an infection they could have treated back home, and, in another series of cases, they tried, in vain, to find a cure for a mysterious epidemic of kidney failure that killed three boys.
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
All Things India (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 100
- Popolarità
- #190,120
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 5
It is a rare author who can create morally gray, imperfect characters that the reader still cares about. I was even concerned for the "villian" of the story.
Also, I did not find this to be one of those stories where a Westerner goes to India to "find themselves". Mary went to India because she had no other place to be. She does struggle with her purpose there, but Himalayan Dhaba lacks the preachiness, predictability, and somewhat racist stereotypes of those other tales.
Overall, it was an enjoyable read.
Notice: the story depicts sexual assault, violence, surgical procedures, and tragic deaths-- It is not overly graphic, however, but I feel is included to show real life in the area for better or worse.… (altro)