A Dozen Novels About Losing Body Parts

(alphabetically by part)

arm: True Grit by Charles Portis
eyes: The Organs of Sense by Adam Ehrlich Sachs
face: The Desert and Its Seed by Jorge Barón Biza
finger: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
hair: The Evenings: A Winter's Tale by Gerard Reve
leg: The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien
limbs, multiple: Last Days by Brian Evenson
mustache: The Mustache by Emmanuel Carrère
organs, multiple: Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
teeth: Smile by Raina Telgemeier
tongue: The Mutations by Jorge Comensal
vagina: The Appointment (Or, The Story of a Jewish Cock) by Katharina Volckmer

— January 28, 2021