A Life Without End - Couverture souple

Beigbeder, Frederic

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912987082 ISBN 13 : 9781912987085

Editeur : World Editions Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

"Beigbeder has produced one of the most human, touching, relevant, and funny stories about passing time, the acceptance of ageing, and the need to love. If you're looking for something quite unlike anything else to read, then choose this."  -- Le Parisien

What does the man who has everything -- fame, fortune, a new love, and a new baby -- want for his fiftieth birthday? The answer is simple: eternal life. Determined to shake off the first intimations of his approaching demise, Frédéric tries every possible procedure to ward off death, examining both legal and illegal research into techniques that could lead to the imminent replacement of man with a post-human species.

Accompanied by his ten-year-old daughter and her robot friend, Frédéric crisscrosses the globe to meet the world's foremost researchers on human longevity, who -- from cell rejuvenation and telomere lengthening to 3D-printed organs and digitally stored DNA -- reveal their latest discoveries. With his blend of deadpan humour and clear-eyed perception, Beigbeder has penned a brutal and brilliant exposé of the enduring issue of our own mortality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Frédéric Beigbeder is a French journalist and critic, and is responsible for the literary section of Le Figaro Magazine. Also a bestselling author, his novel 99 Francs both got him fired from his advertising job and established him as a controversial force within French literature. For his other novels, he has been awarded various prizes including the 2003 Prix Interallié and the 2009 Prix Renaudot, and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2005 for his novel Windows on the World. He is a regular guest on French national morning radio, and a frequent contributor to El País Icon (Spain), Interview (Germany), and Esquire (Russia).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Editions Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912987082
• ISBN 13: 9781912987085
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible