The Story of San Michele

Rating:
Summary: A book for all of time
Review: It is hard to believe that a book written in 1929 would not seem dated (other than horse and buggies) but the ethics, morals, human emotions and feelings, social responsibility, etc. still hold true tody in 2001. This book, written by a great story-teller, made me laugh and cry. I know I have truly enjoyed a book when its characters stay with me. Dr. Munthe is such a charachter. Compassion, wisdom, common sense and one of the best endings I have ever read.

A story of a doctor, an animal-lover, in the late nineteenth and early 20th century. He lives through a cholera epidemic in Naples, WWI, he battles for animal rights, deals with life and death, spends time in jail, collects precious antiques and of course appreciates good food and champagne.

You will not be disappointed. You might even learn something.