The centrepiece of Hanif Kureishi's brilliant 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. The Body is the narrative of middle-aged playwright Adam, who is amazed to be offered the chance to trade in his decrepit flesh for a much younger and more pleasing model. He elects to take up this offer for a limited six-month period, as a vacation from corporeal reality, whereupon he will return to his old life. His ...
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The centrepiece of Hanif Kureishi's brilliant 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. The Body is the narrative of middle-aged playwright Adam, who is amazed to be offered the chance to trade in his decrepit flesh for a much younger and more pleasing model. He elects to take up this offer for a limited six-month period, as a vacation from corporeal reality, whereupon he will return to his old life. His brain is duly extracted and transplanted, his consciousness transposed, and his youth restored. He then embarks on an odyssey of physical hedonism, and winds up as a handyman on a Greek island commune where spiritual and physical harmony are vigorously pursued. But in this seeming idyll, the responsibilities Adam thought he had sloughed off now begin to come home to him. Sinister forces are pursuing him, wanting to take possession of 'his' body, and he is loath to relinquish it ...
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine, patterned cover no d/j issued, orange end papers, flat Signed, bubble wrapped, mylar pro: 5* seller. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. What if you were middle-aged and were offered the chance to trade in your sagging flesh for a much younger and more pleasing model? This is the situation in which the main character of The Body finds himself.
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Fine. Fine, laminated paper on board, issued without d/j, orange end papers, tanning, bubble wrapped, mylar pro: 272 p. Audience: General/trade. The centrepiece of Hanif Kureishi's brilliant 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. The Body is the n
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Near fine, no dust jacket as issued. SIGNED by the author on title page (signature only). 1st UK edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Book as new except for slight bumping to the cap of the spine and age-darkening to the pageblock. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. By the Costa Book Award-and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay-winning author of 'The Buddha of Suburbia' and 'The Last Word' and the screenplay for 'My Beautiful Laundrette'. Uncommon signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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