Jott

A novel about friendship, madness and modernism

London in 1935 is a world of dingy pubs and bedsits; of strange inventions like psychoanalysis, feminism and modernist art; of fascism, communism and looming war; of asylums in which the mentally ill are subjected to cruel and primitive treatments. Arthur, a junior doctor in London’s oldest mental hospital, is about to compromise his medical ethics for the sake of his closest friend, a brilliant and charismatic aspiring writer called Louis.

But soon Arthur finds that he doesn’t want to become a minor character in someone else’s story, he must change the narrative of his lifelong friendship, and create a story of his own.

Un roman despre prietenie, nebunie si modernism Londra din 1935 este o lume a pub-urilor si a dormitoarelor murdare; de inventii ciudate precum psihanaliza, feminismul si arta modernista; a fascismului, comunismului si razboiului care se apropie; a azilurilor in care bolnavii mintali sunt supusi unor tratamente crude si primitive. Arthur, un medic junior in cel mai vechi spital mintal din Londra, este pe cale sa-si compromita etica medicala de dragul celui mai apropiat prieten al sau, un scriitor aspirant genial si carismatic numit Louis, dar in curand Arthur constata ca nu vrea sa devina un personaj minor in povestea altcuiva, el trebuie sa schimbe naratiunea prieteniei sale de-a lungul vietii si sa creeze o poveste proprie.