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Het lichaam (2002)

door Hanif Kureishi

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"After a bit you realize there's only one invaluable commodity. Not gold or love, but time." How far are we willing to go to stay young? Hanif Kureishi -- acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy -- explores the possibilities in this provocative story of an older man whose brain is surgically placed in a younger man's body by a network of underground doctors. Adam is offered the chance to trade in his sagging flesh for a much younger and more pleasing model. He tells his wife and son that he is going on an extended vacation. He immediately embarks on an odyssey of hedonism, but soon finds himself regretting what he left behind and feeling guilt over the responsibilities he has ignored. Sinister forces pursue him, wanting possession of "his" body, and he soon finds himself with nowhere to turn. "A fluent, socially observant writer whose sentences move with intelligence and wit" (The New York Times Book Review), Kureishi presents us with both a fantastically vivid tale and hard-hitting questions about our own relationships with our minds and bodies -- and with time that is running out.… (meer)
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Average kind of literary sci-fi idea with a bunch of Philosphical Musings thrown in. It's okay, I couldn't get lost in the story though and the Philosphical Interludes were often quite distracting. ( )
  mjhunt | Jan 22, 2021 |
Un racconto breve che si sviluppa felicemente da un'idea bizzarra ma azzeccata. ( )
  permario | Oct 10, 2019 |
“Se l’idea della morte stessa sta morendo, tutto il significato , tutti i valori della civiltà occidentale dal tempo degli antichi Greci sono cambiati. Abbiamo rimpiazzato l’etica con l’estetica”
Questa è solo una delle questioni filosofiche che il racconto lungo Il corpo, inserito nell’omonima raccolta ci pone.
La storia, abbastanza semplice nella struttura mette in scena una delle questioni classiche della filosofia occidentale: quella del rapporto tra corpo e mente.
Scritto in prima persona, Il corpo racconta la storia di un anziano scrittore inglese, ormai affermato ma sulla via del tramonto, che a una festa incontra un giovane che gli fa una rivelazione straordinaria che è nello stesso tempo una proposta diabolica: è possibile pagando acquistare un corpo nuovo, restando quelli che si è. Insomma l’identità personale può essere scollata da corpo e inserita in un bellissimo e prestante corpo giovane.
Prima l’idea sembra assurda, poi l’anziano scrittore, piegato dagli acciacchi decide di accettare il rischio: va in una clinica segreta dove gli fanno scegliere il suo corpo che gli verrà dato in affitto per i prossimi sei mesi. Poi dovrà decidere se rinnovare l’accordo oppure ritornare nel suo vecchio corpo.
Dopo l’operazione, lo scrittore si immerge nel flusso della nuova vita: è soprattutto il sesso, e l’inarrestabile onda del desiderio a tenerlo occupato per i primi tempi. Prova di tutto e comincia a rendersi conto che deve scegliersi una nuova vita.
Non tutto però va per il meglio: a un certo punto il racconto prenderà i toni di un thriller, con cacce, inseguimenti, con la vita sul filo di rasoio.
La scoperta che la vita e la morte sono inestricabilmente collegate.
Il tema è decsamente affascinante. Talvolta Kureishi lo banalizza un po’ ma la lettura è nel complesso piacevole e per me eccitante tutta la parte sulla nuova vita sessuale del protagonista.
1 stem pauleluard | Jun 16, 2008 |
A longish story, then some short ones. I picked this up in the local Pound Shop - they get some surprisingly good books in, and this was one of them. Enjoyed it a lot.
  Kate_JJM | Apr 1, 2006 |
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Contains 'The body', and the seven short stories 'Hullabaloo in the tree', 'Face to face with you', 'Goodbye, mother', 'Straight', 'Remember this moment, remember us', 'The real father', and 'Touched'.
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"After a bit you realize there's only one invaluable commodity. Not gold or love, but time." How far are we willing to go to stay young? Hanif Kureishi -- acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy -- explores the possibilities in this provocative story of an older man whose brain is surgically placed in a younger man's body by a network of underground doctors. Adam is offered the chance to trade in his sagging flesh for a much younger and more pleasing model. He tells his wife and son that he is going on an extended vacation. He immediately embarks on an odyssey of hedonism, but soon finds himself regretting what he left behind and feeling guilt over the responsibilities he has ignored. Sinister forces pursue him, wanting possession of "his" body, and he soon finds himself with nowhere to turn. "A fluent, socially observant writer whose sentences move with intelligence and wit" (The New York Times Book Review), Kureishi presents us with both a fantastically vivid tale and hard-hitting questions about our own relationships with our minds and bodies -- and with time that is running out.

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