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01940aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 C5B2C770B0D211E8923D894D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180905010705 008 180227s2018 ctu 000 f eng d 010 $a 2017963807 020 $a 9780300224368 (softcover) 020 $a 0300224362 035 $a (OCoLC)1024159538 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d JAS $d OEL $d IW5 $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 050 4 $a PQ2668.A314 $b C6713 2018 082 04 $a 843/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Haddad, Hubert, $e author. 240 10 $a Corps deÌsirable. $l English 245 10 $a Desirable body / $c Hubert Haddad ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters. 260 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 223 pages ; $c 20 cm. 490 0 $a A Margellos world republic of letters book 500 $a Translation of: Corps deÌsirable. 520 $a A contemporary Frankenstein that defies expectations, this is a thrilling novel, couched in luminous, captivitating prose, about a journalist, CeÌdric Allyn-Weberson, who suffers a horrific accident, paralyzing him from the neck down. An ideal candidate for a body transplant, CeÌdric 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. 650 0 $a Journalists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Accidents $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Dystopian fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 4 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728015709.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20190212015949.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190103014906.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180905025107.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C5B2C770B0D211E8923D894D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search