It shouldn't happen to a vet: James Herriot (Pan 70) - Softcover

Herriot, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509860088 ISBN 13: 9781509860081

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

A special edition of It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot is acclimatizing to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon. But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy, and there are challenges on the horizon, from persuading his clients to let him use his 'modern' equipment, to becoming an uncle to a pig called Nugent., Throw in his first encounters with Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, and this year looks to be as eventful as the last . . .Heart-breaking and hilarious in equal measure, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet is James Herriot's brilliant memoir of life as a country vet and the story behind the much loved television series and film, All Creatures Great and Small.

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Críticas:

Full of warmth, wit and wisdom * Field * He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is infectious * Daily Telegraph *

Contraportada:

70 years of timeless stories. One essential collection.

Lesson number one: When taking a cow’s temperature the old-fashioned way, never let go of the thermometer . . . Settled in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot has acclimatized to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy, and there are challenges on the horizon, from persuading his clients to let him use his ‘modern’ equipment, to becoming an uncle (to a pig called Nugent). Throw in his first encounters with Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, and this year looks to be as eventful as the last . . .

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1509860088
• ISBN 13: 9781509860081
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 281