In his first book, Dr. Hushang Payan told a series of sad and funny true stories about the experience of feeling like a "lousy foreigner."  Coming to the U.S. from Iran as a young man, he dressed differently, he spoke with an accent, his tastes and habits didn’t conform.   He was a stranger in a strange land.   Now, in Life Under the Microscope, Dr. Payan continues the stories where the first book left off—his many years of medical training are behind him and "I soon realized that I was now responsible for my own livelihood and even for the lives of many patients!"  The way the sudden humor of that line undercuts any self-importance captures perfectly the tone of the whole book.  In the table of contents, the chapter headings are playful and commonplace, and they hook you with their bluntness: Owning a Car in ManhattanKissing DiseaseNailUpper PeninsulaRefrigerator  112 chapters in all—112 stories, most of them only a few pages, each a hard, small gem, complete unto itself, but related to the unfolding story of Dr. Payan’s life as an accomplished and respected pathologist. And although this is a serious book, it is his comic sense and his delight in the ordinary that keep the reader entertained and amused.

Life Under the Microscope

Biographies & Memoirs

Payan, H.M.

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Life Under the Microscope