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The Breast (1972) – Philip Roth
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The Breast (1972) is a novel by Philip Roth, in which the main character, David Kepesh, becomes a 155-pound breast. Throughout the book we see Kepesh fighting with himself. Part of him wishes to give into bodily wishes, while the other part of him wants to be reasonable. In many ways this book has a lot in common with Kafka’s novella The Metamorphosis. —http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breast [Sept 2006]

See also: independent body parts in fiction – breast – 1972 – American literature