The Fourth Hand
by John Irving
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- New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375506276 . An unblemish/Near Fine
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- 0375506276
- ISBN 13
- 9780375506277
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The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love."While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, the surgeon is seduced by his housekeeper. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband's left hand-that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy.This is how John Irving's tenth novel begins; it seems, at first, to be a comedy, perhaps a satire, almost certainly a sexual farce. Yet, in the end, The Fourth Hand is as realistic and emotionally moving as any of Mr. Irving's previous novels-including The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and A Widow for One Year-or his Oscar-winning screenplay of The Cider House Rules.The Fourth Hand is characteristic of John Irving's seamless storytelling and further explores some of the author's recurring themes-loss, grief, love as redemption. But this novel also breaks new ground; it offers a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change.
Synopsis
John Irving published his first novel at the age of twenty-six. He has received awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation; he has won an O. Henry Award, a National Book Award, and an Academy Award. Mr. Irving lives with his family in Toronto and Vermont.
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- Title
- The Fourth Hand
- Author
- John Irving
- Book Condition
- New New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375506276 . An unblemish
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375506276
- ISBN 13
- 9780375506277
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
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