by John Irving · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020604178
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«La Quatrième Main» is the novel by John Irving, published by Points in paperback (384 pages, in French).
Patrick Wallingford, a journalist, loses his left hand when a lion swallows it during a report at a circus in India. The novel follows his path to a transplant and crosses a surgeon, an ambitious young woman, a makeup artist, and a mysterious woman; with irony, it addresses loss, desire, and reconstruction.
Volume 1095 of the Points collection. The original work, The Fourth Hand, was published in 2001; this French edition is a translation by Josée Kamoun.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction who appreciate John Irving's humor and eccentric characters.
John Winslow Irving is an American and Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
