The Resource Desirable body, Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters
Desirable body, Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters
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The item Desirable body, Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 223 pages
- Note
- Translation of: Corps désirable
- Isbn
- 9780300224368
- Label
- Desirable body
- Title
- Desirable body
- Statement of responsibility
- Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters
- Subject
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- Accidents -- Fiction
- trueConsciousness
- Dystopian fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fiction
- trueHuman body
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Journalists
- trueLife change events
- Novels
- Novels
- trueTransplant recipients
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Fiction
- Journalists -- Fiction
- trueAccident victims
- Accidents
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10689986
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Haddad, Hubert
- Dewey number
- 843/.914
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated to English from French
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Waters, Alyson
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- A Margellos world republic of letters book
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Journalists
- Accidents
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Accidents
- Journalists
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Label
- Desirable body, Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters
- Note
- Translation of: Corps désirable
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1969500
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 223 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300224368
- Lccn
- 2017963807
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780300224368
- (OCoLC)1024159538
- Label
- Desirable body, Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters
- Note
- Translation of: Corps désirable
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1969500
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 223 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300224368
- Lccn
- 2017963807
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780300224368
- (OCoLC)1024159538
Subject
- Accidents -- Fiction
- trueConsciousness
- Dystopian fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fiction
- trueHuman body
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Journalists
- trueLife change events
- Novels
- Novels
- trueTransplant recipients
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Fiction
- Journalists -- Fiction
- trueAccident victims
- Accidents
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