Seeing a mouse with a human ear implanted on its back gives Marina an idea. She decides to donate herself to Dr Hurtigger's implantation research programme. But Marina falls in love with one her implants - a hand called Cecilio who is soon forcibly parted from her. Searching for the rest of her beloved, Marina becomes involved with her strange extended family and discovers some bizarre secrets. Colton, the brother-in-law living in the hug box. Estra, the aunt imprisoning husband inside her hand. And as for Dr Hurtigger himself... ONE HAND CLAPPING is a compelling excursion into the foreign countries of the imagination. A complex futuristic fantasy inhabited by perilous desires, magic realism, psychological insight and black humour.
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Lise Leroux was born in Canada and lives in London (TW4). She is a full time writer and illustrator and an experienced sky diver. ONE HAND CLAPPING is her first novel.
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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Marina longs for human contact and signs up for an implantation programme. She takes up palmistry, and falls in love with one of the hands - Cecilio - it has a short life line. Searching for the rest of her beloved, Marina becomes involved with her strange extended family. Codice articolo 577c62a8-5e4f-4f10-88ef-e205d598a1c0
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