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Desirable Body

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 232 sider

Beskrivelse

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.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal232
  • Udgivelsesdato16-10-2018
  • ISBN139780300224368
  • Forlag Yale University Press
  • FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt263 g
  • Dybde1,4 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
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    12,7 cm
    19,7 cm

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