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The Body by Hanif Kureishi

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The Body

Author
Hanif Kureishi
Narrator
Sid Sagar
Publisher
W. F. Howes Ltd
Publish Date
15 May 2025
Run Time
8 hours 1 minute
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Short stories, Fiction: general and literary

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The Body is a dazzling collection of fiction from Hanif Kureishi, beginning with a novella that delves into the concept of identity, and its root in our physical being. Adam is a middle-aged playwright who accepts a tempting offer to have his mind transported into a younger body for six months. Youth restored, he embarks on an odyssey of physical hedonism, but must then face the dire consequences when he is loath to relinquish his new body . . .

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Author
Hanif Kureishi
Narrator
Sid Sagar
Duration
8 hours 1 minute
Release Date
15 May 2025
ISBN
9781004205202
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
W. F. Howes Ltd
Genre
Short stories, Fiction: general and literary

Synopsis

The Body is a dazzling collection of fiction from Hanif Kureishi, beginning with a novella that delves into the concept of identity, and its root in our physical being. Adam is a middle-aged playwright who accepts a tempting offer to have his mind transported into a younger body for six months. Youth restored, he embarks on an odyssey of physical hedonism, but must then face the dire consequences when he is loath to relinquish his new body . . .

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