A medical mystery/fantasy/love story that delves deeply into the nature of consciousness while raising many of the ethical and existential issues facing scientists today 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.
Haddad Hubert Haddad
Desirable Body [EPUB ebook]
Desirable Body [EPUB ebook]
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язык английский ● Формат EPUB ● страницы 232 ● ISBN 9780300240450 ● Переводчик Waters Alyson Waters ● издатель Yale University Press ● опубликованный 2018 ● Загружаемые 3 раз ● валюта EUR ● Код товара 6459304 ● Защита от копирования Adobe DRM
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