The Faith by Christiaan Barnard & Siegfried Stander

The Faith (First Edition Novel by Christiaan Barnard)

A Medical Thriller Co-Written by the Pioneering Heart Surgeon Christiaan Barnard and Siegfried Stander

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: The Faith
• Authors: Christiaan Barnard & Siegfried Stander
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1984
• ISBN-10: 0091556309
• Edition Details: First Edition, first published 1984. Copy with a dated inscription.
• Binding: Publisher's blue cloth hardcover, issued with an illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Octavo hardcover, 250 pages.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The plain blue cloth boards are clean, with square corners and a straight spine as far as can be seen. The spine and edges are tidy, and the page edges are lightly toned.
• Interior: The text pages are clean, cream and unmarked, and the binding appears tight. The front pastedown has brown adhesive staining and tape ghosting where a label or card was once attached and removed, with a few rust-coloured spots. A circled number '112' is crossed through in pencil.
• Provenance: Handwritten in black ink on the front endpaper: 'Auriel McJannet June 84.' Also a circled, crossed-out pencil number '112' and old label stains.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated paddle-steamer wrap-around jacket in glossy pale blue is bright and clean, with no tears. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in London by Hutchinson in 1984, The Faith is a novel with a medical setting, co-written by the heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard and the South African novelist and journalist Siegfried Stander.

The story draws on the world of medicine: a surgeon collapses, a hospital isolation ward is closed off, and a mysterious haemorrhagic fever spreads. Meanwhile a doctor looks into the finances of an aid organisation.

Barnard and Stander collaborated on several books, among them The Unwanted (1974). This copy combines the authorship of one of South Africa's best-known surgeons with a clean original dust jacket.

Author Profile: Christiaan Barnard & Siegfried Stander

Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001) was born in Beaufort West and became one of the most famous surgeons of the twentieth century. On 3 December 1967 he performed the world's first human heart transplant, and he continued as a heart surgeon until arthritis forced him to stop operating in 1987.

Siegfried Stander (born 1935 in Rietbron) was a South African journalist and author of crime novels and political thrillers. His novels This Desert Place (1961) and The Horse both won the CNA Award. He collaborated with Barnard on several books, including The Unwanted.

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