Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes
A collection of four related stories, centered on the largest of human organs: the liver. In a dusty London drinking club and an efficient euthanasia clinic, a glossy ad agency and a junky's windowless flat, Self's characters are slowly losing their livers—to cirrhosis, to cancer, to a hungry...
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A collection of four related stories, centered on the largest of human organs: the liver. In a dusty London drinking club and an efficient euthanasia clinic, a glossy ad agency and a junky's windowless flat, Self's characters are slowly losing their livers—to cirrhosis, to cancer, to a hungry griffon vulture. Through the organic woes of these afflicted individuals, Self considers appetites and addictions, disease and decay, in a way that is at once demented, funny, and moving.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781596916647 (1596916648)
Publish date: October 27th 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Clever writing and interesting stories but I just couldn't get into it.
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