by John Irving · SEUIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020509107
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«La Quatrième Main» is the novel by John Irving published by Seuil in paperback (384 pages, in French).
Patrick Wallingford, a journalist covering a circus in India, loses his left hand after a lion attack. The novel follows his recovery and his path toward a transplant, with a surgeon of singular past and a woman who won't stop pursuing him. Irving combines humor and tragedy to speak of loss, recovery and the power of desire.
The English original is titled The Fourth Hand (2001) and this French edition appeared on April 5, 2002. The book belongs to Seuil's Cadre vert collection.
For readers of literary fiction, book clubs and those seeking a novel with humor and singular characters.
John Winslow Irving is an American and Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
