Libro The Body and Other Stories: And Seven Stories De Hanif Kureishi

portada The Body and Other Stories: And Seven Stories

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Faber & Faber

Autor

Hanif Kureishi

Categoría

Literatura

Año

2003

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

224

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780571217779

N° edición

The Body and Other Stories: And Seven Stories

Hanif Kureishi (Autor) · Faber & Faber · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "The Body and Other Stories: And Seven Stories"

The centrepiece of Hanif Kureishi's brilliant new collection of fiction is a novella that delves into the fascinating concept of personal identity, and the extent to which this is rooted in our physical being. Middle-aged playwright Adam is amazed to be approached by a shadowy organisation and offered the chance to trade in his decrepit body for a much younger model. He takes up the offer for a six-month period, and his consciousness is duly transplanted into the handsome body of his choice. But Adam soon finds that his new flesh brings with it grave and unforeseen dangers...