Desirable body
By: Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters
Series: A Margellos world republic of letters book; Margellos world republic of letters book
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780300224368
Subjects: Fiction; Accidents; Journalists; Transplantation of organs, tissues
Work titles: Corps désirable
Description: A contemporary Frankenstein that defies expectations, this is a thrilling novel, couched in luminous, captivitating 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.
Notes: Translation from the French of: Corps désirable.