In the flesh : a novel

In the flesh : a novel / by Christa Wolf ; translated from the German by John S. Barrett.

"Suffering severe abdominal pain, a woman is rushed to the emergency room of a decrepit urban hospital. Her soaring temperature, her deepening distress, her body's resistance to medicine all confound her doctors. Drifting in and out of consciousness, she endures a fever dream in which the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolf, Christa
Other Authors: Barrett, John S. (John Smith), 1935-
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Boston : David R. Godine, c2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Verba Mundi.
Subjects:
Berlin (Germany) > Fiction.
Uniform Title:Leibhaftig.
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Summary:"Suffering severe abdominal pain, a woman is rushed to the emergency room of a decrepit urban hospital. Her soaring temperature, her deepening distress, her body's resistance to medicine all confound her doctors. Drifting in and out of consciousness, she endures a fever dream in which the boundaries between wakefulness, memory, and delusion blur then totally dissolve."--Publisher description.
Physical Description:132 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:1567922678 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
9781567922677 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
1567922910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781567922912 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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