| Description |
223 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Margellos world republic of letters book.
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| Note |
Translation of: Corps désirable. |
| Summary |
A contemporary Frankenstein that defies expectations, this is a thrilling novel, couched in luminous, captivating prose about a journalist, Cédric Allyn-Weberson, who suffers a horrific accident, paralyzing him from the neck down. An ideal candidate for a body transplant, Cédric survives the surgery but has both physical and existential trouble with his recovery and adaptation: encountering his lover with a new body, discovering the life history of his donor, and attempting to understand the mind-body relationship as he lives it. Haddad explores the confusion and insignificance of a single consciousness before experience and identity: What is a head without a body? What or who is a lover with another’s body? The gruesome transplant (detailed in a manner that highlights the author’s own diligent research and comprehension) parallels other ways humanity mutates nature globally; the novel is a provocative and timely allegory—a work of dystopian fantasy. |
| Genre |
Psychological fiction.
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| Added Author |
Waters, Alyson, translator.
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| Added Title |
Corps désirable. English.
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| ISBN |
9780300224368 paperback |
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0300224362 paperback |
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