Desirable Body - Couverture souple

Haddad, Hubert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0300224362 ISBN 13 : 9780300224368

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2018

Synopsis

A medical mystery/fantasy/love story that delves into the nature of consciousness while raising the ethical and existential issues facing scientists today
 
A contemporary Frankenstein that defies expectations, this is a thrilling novel 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 diligent research and comprehension) parallels other ways humanity mutates nature globally. The novel is a provocative and timely allegory―a work of dystopian fantasy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hubert Haddad is a French author born in Tunisia―a novelist, an art historian, a playwright, and an essayist. Alyson Waters is an award-winning translator, the managing editor of Yale French Studies, and a senior lecturer in the department of French at Yale University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300224362
• ISBN 13: 9780300224368
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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