In this novel, a character tells a story about a doctor's housekeeper who accidentally cooks a human brain specimen for dinner, believing it to be a cow's brain. At the beginning of this novel, the protagonist meets his friend Julio Aracil and they a
In this novel, a character tells a story about a doctor's housekeeper who accidentally cooks a human brain specimen for dinner, believing it to be a cow's brain. At the beginning of this novel, the protagonist meets his friend Julio Aracil and they attend a lecture together. Despite quickly becoming disenchanted with medical school, the protagonist becomes a doctor in the remote town of Alcolea and laters returns to his native Madrid to work as a doctor of hygiene. The narrative of this novel is interrupted by a lengthy philosophical dialogue in which the protagonist defends idealism against the pragmatism of his uncle, Dr. Iturrioz. The protagonist, who ends up marrying LulÃº, is named AndrÃ©s Hurtado. For 10 points, name this novel by PÃ­o Baroja whose English title references the Book of Genesis.
In this novel, a character tells a story about a doctor's housekeeper who accidentally cooks a human brain specimen for dinner, believing it to be a cow's brain.
The Tree of Knowledge [or El Ã¡rbol de la ciencia; or The Tree of Science]