{"product_id":"9781555846596","title":"Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the New York Times Notable Book, \u003ci\u003eThe Dressing Station\u003c\/i\u003e: “A gripping memoir” of a doctor’s education on the battlefield (\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Inspired by his father’s time as a military surgeon in World War II, Jonathan Kaplan became a doctor and was appointed to a post at a woefully understaffed South African general hospital in a black township. Fleeing apartheid, he traveled the globe in search of sanctuary, experiencing riots, tropical fevers, political upheaval, and a jungle search for a lost friend. Kaplan eventually landed in Angola, taking charge of a combat-zone hospital, the only surgeon for 160,000 civilians, where he was exposed daily to the horrors of warfare.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This “revealing” memoir unflinchingly captures the experiences of a man who’s devoted his career and his life to saving people caught in the crossfire of war (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Kaplan] tells stories with the rawness and incomprehensibility of life itself. His words transport the reader to places most would fear to go.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132476244208,"sku":"9781555846596","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555846596_p0.jpg?v=1769899112","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555846596","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}