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The human body
- Title
- The human body / Paolo Giordano ; English translation by Anne Milano Appel.
- Author
- Giordano, Paolo, 1982-
- Publication
- New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-7722 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Appel, Anne Milano
- Description
- xii, 318 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- " From the bestselling author of The Solitude of Prime Numbers, a searing novel of war and the journey from youth into manhood. In Paolo Giordano's highly awaited new novel, a platoon of young men and one woman soldier leaves Italy for one of the most dangerous places on earth. Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the Gulistan district of Afghanistan is nothing but an exposed sandpit scorched by inescapable sunlight and deadly mortar fire. Each member in the platoon manages the toxic mix of boredom and fear that is life at the FOB in his own way. Brash Cederna shamelessly picks on the virgin Ietri. Giulia Zampieri seemingly navigates this male-dominated world with ease-until two male comrades start vying for her attention. And for medical officer Alessandro Egitto, the FOB serves as an escape from a real life even more dangerous than one fought with guns. At night, lying on their beds, they feel the beat of their own hearts, the ceaseless activity of the human body. But when a much-debated mission goes devastatingly awry, the soldiers find their lives changed in an instant. A heartrending, redemptive story about brotherhood and family, modern war and the wars we wage with ourselves, Paolo Giordano's visceral novel reminds us what it is to be human"--
- "The Human Body depicts the struggle, the vicissitudes and the internal and external growth of a platoon of young Italian soldiers that are sent for the first time on a mission to the forward operating base (FOB) Ice in Gulistan, Afghanistan, which the writer described as "a sandy enclosure exposed to adversity". During the night the camp is obscured, it is invisible, there are no man-made or natural noises, only the incessant activity of the human body that penetrates the minds of the soldiers in their camp beds"--
- Uniform Title
- Corpo umano. English
- Alternative Title
- Corpo umano.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- War stories.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-7722
- ISBN
- 9780670015641
- 0670015644
- LCCN
- 2014006927
- OCLC
- 2014006927
- Author
- Giordano, Paolo, 1982-
- Title
- The human body / Paolo Giordano ; English translation by Anne Milano Appel.
- Publisher
- New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Appel, Anne Milano, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-7722
