Desirable body / Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0300224362
- ISBN: 9780300224368
- Physical Description: 223 pages ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
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- General Note:
- Translation of: Corps désirable.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC HADDAD (Text) | 36015000286464 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
