 First edition: Nilsson, Paris 1920 | |
| Author | Maurice Renard |
|---|---|
| Language | French |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Set in | France |
| Published | 1920 (Serialized Publication) |
| Publisher | L'Intransigeant |
Publication date | May 15—July 12, 1920 (L'Intransigeant) |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1929 |
| Pages | 248 |
Les Mains d'Orlac (English: The Hands of Orlac) is a French science fiction novel written by Maurice Renard. The plot involves a celebrated pianist who loses his hands in a track crash and has them surgically replaced with those of an executed murderer. Soon, the transplanted hands assume the personality of its psychopathic donor.[1]
Renard's novel was one of his many science fiction stories he wrote in the early 20th century and was initially published in 58 episodes in L'Intransigeant from May 15, to July 12, 1920. It is among Renard's most popular and most translated novels, and has frequently been translated into films, with the two most popular adaptations being The Hands of Orlac (1924) and Mad Love (1935).
- ^ Evans 1994, p. 385.