Bibliograph

Desirable body, Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters

Type

Label

Desirable body, Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Desirable body

Oclc number

1024159538

Responsibility statement

Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters

Series statement

Margellos world republic of letters book

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

Target audience

general

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