The Novel Projet

　 Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

According to a reader’s point of view, it doesn’t sound like inspired, if a real doctor writes stories about one’s experience as being a doctor.; It is possible to just too realistic as documentary film, if they just want to express their medical knowledge. However there is the doctor who wrote a novel as medical fictions, called ‘Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures’, and ends up with a great success as a Winner of The Giller Prize in 2006.
　Vincent Lam, who is a son of Vietnam-Chinese, his family was emigrated from Vietnam during Vietnam War. Now, he is a young emergency physician in Toronto and also known as talented writer in Canada. ‘Bloodletting & Miraculous Cure’ is his first novel; it has been published into various countries, raked among the best-seller list.

Lam's stories present doctors’ lives into the real world. According to this novel, even though doctors have no miraculous cures, they just struggle to keep on track, often feel frustrated about their job or relationship just like us. For this reason, leaders can regard characters in same light with themselves.; Therefore readers, who are willing to experience various lives, will satisfy by this book.