The Fourth Hand

John Irving (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

326 Seiten

2001
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-5432-5 (ISBN)

Infos

While reporting from India, a journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness it. In Boston a surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant, and a woman in Wisonsin wants to give the journalist her husband's hand - but he is still alive.

Autor

John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times, winning it in 1980 for The World According to Garp. In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules - a film with seven Academy Award nominations. Last Night in Twisted River is his twelfth novel.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.7.2001
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 164 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 674 g
• Einbandart: gebunden
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0-7475-5432-3 / 0747554323
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-5432-5 / 9780747554325
• Zustand: Neuware