Dystopia gatunek książki (163)


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2084 : The End of the World autor Boualem Sansal EN

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A tribute to George Orwell's 1984 and a cry of protest against totalitarianism of all kinds, Sansal's 2084 tells the story of a near future in which religious extremists have established an oppressive caliphate where autonomous thought is forbidden. It is the year 2084. In the kingdom of Abistan--named after the prophet Abi, earthly messenger of the god Yolah--citizens submit to a single god, demonstrating their devotion by kneeling in prayer nine times a day. Autonomous thought has been banned, remembering is forbidden, and an omnipresent surveillance system instantly informs the authorities ... kontynuuj

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A Brief History of Living Forever autor Jaroslav Kalfar EN

Ocena: 3 (1 głos)
Kraj: Europa / Czech Republic flag Czechy
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An audacious novel set in a near-future America under the dual manipulations of technology and surveillance, A Brief History of Living Forever tells the epic, exhilarating story of a long-lost brother and sister on a mission to reclaim their mother from oblivion. When Adela discovers she has a terminal illness, her thoughts turn to Tereza, the American-raised daughter she gave up at birth. Leaving behind her moody, grown son, Roman, in their native Czech village, she flies to the United States to find the long-lost daughter who never knew her. Yet the country, in the year 2029, is steeped in s... kontynuuj

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A Clockwork Orange autor Anthony Burgess EN

Ocena: 4 (8 głosy)
Kraj: Europa / England flag Anglia
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In a future where criminals rule the night, Alex, a vicious fifteen-year-old droog, is "redeemed" by the state.

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Acide sulfurique : roman autor Amélie Nothomb FR

Ocena: 3.5 (16 głosy)
Kraj: Europa / Belgium flag Belgia
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Roman de société. Roman philosophique.

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Alindarka’s Children autor Alhierd Bacharevič EN

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Alicia and her brother Avi are interned in a camp where children are taught to forget their mother tongue and speak the language of the coloniser. They escape into the Belarusian forest to go on an adult Hansel and Gretel adventure.

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All My Goodbyes autor Mariana Dimopulos EN

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This highly acclaimed contemporary Argentinian novel is the first in Giramondo’s Literature of the South series, featuring innovative fiction and non-fiction by writers of the southern hemisphere. It is translated from the Spanish by Australian translator Alice Whitmore. All My Goodbyes is a novel told in overlapping vignettes, which follow the travels of a young Argentinian woman across Europe (Málaga, Madrid, Heidelberg, Berlin) and back to Argentina (Buenos Aires, Patagonia) as she flees from situation to situation, job to job, and relationship to relationship. Within the complexity of the ... kontynuuj

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Amatka autor Karin Tidbeck EN

Ocena: 3 (1 głos)
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A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS OF 2017 A surreal debut novel set in a world shaped by language in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin. Vanja, an information assistant, is sent from her home city of Essre to the austere, wintry colony of Amatka with an assignment to collect intelligence for the government. Immediately she feels that something strange is going on: people act oddly in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja falls in love with her housemate, Nina,... kontynuuj

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American War autor Omar El Akkad EN

Ocena: 4 (2 głosy)
Kraj: Afryka / Egypt flag Egipt
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"Powerful . . . As haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy [created] in The Road, and as devastating a look as the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in The Plot Against America. . . . Omar El Akkad's debut novel, American War, is an unlikely mash-up of unsparing war reporting and plot elements familiar to readers of the recent young-adult dystopian series The Hunger Games and Divergent." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught de... kontynuuj

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Animal Farm autor George Orwell EN

Ocena: 4 (156 głosy)
Kraj: Azja / India flag Indie
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A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.

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Anthem autor Ayn Rand EN

Ocena: 3 (2 głosy)
Kraj: Europa / Russia flag Rosja
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The year 2005 marks Ayn Rand's Centennial Year. Ayn Rand's classic tale of a future dark age of the greatWe'a world that deprives individuals of name, independence, and values'anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.