Teresa Pous

Larissa Alexandre — the doctor of Athens and fellow student of the great Hippocrates — writes her memories on papyrus from the serenity of one who has lived life with humility and the ability to accept that every experience is a lesson to help grow both as a person and as a professional in the Art of medicine. Love, pain, loss, and a constant will to learn and evolve, along with themes such as discrimination against women, justice, and social inequality, are interwoven in this novel, which takes place during the height of Greece’s golden age under Pericles, Socrates, and Hippocrates — all of whom appear as characters in this book, which won the Ciudad de Palma Llorenç de Villalonga Prize in 2010.