Uniquely Human

by Ernest Fallen

Ernest Fallen belongs to that rare category of writers whose musings are the product of an innately literary and philosophical mind. A natural storyteller, he shapes this most unusual and highly entertaining book around a collection of stories that investigate the psychic imperfections of the human condition. In each of the fifteen stories a cognitive contradiction such as shame and pride, justice and mercy or faith and reason is first described objectively before it is lyrically dramatized in short story form. The book is twice blessed, as it offers the rich insights of a truly passionate and inquisitive writer who is also quite adept at translating those insights into a series of eloquently realized stories.

316 pages, Paperback

Published August 25, 2022

About the author

Ernest Fallen was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is an emeritus professor in Medicine of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. As an investigative cardiologist he has published over one hundred scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of an e-Learning interactive textbook of cardiology entitled Tales from the Heart. He is co-editor of several textbooks including Evidence Based Cardiology published by Wiley-Blackwell. He has taught at McGill University, The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK and at McMaster University. In 2008 he was awarded The Distinguished Teaching Award from The Canadian Cardiovascular Society. He now makes his home in Toronto, Canada.