Dystopia genre books (163)
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Dry by Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
“The authors do not hold back.” —Booklist (starred review) “The palpable desperation that pervades the plot…feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The Shustermans challenge readers.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “No one does doom like Neal Shusterman.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. ... continue
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Ecologia : romance by Joana Bértholo PT
PortugalDescription:
Numa sociedade que se fundiu com o mercado – tudo se compra, tudo se vende – começamos a pagar pelas palavras. A estranheza inicial dá lugar ao entusiasmo. Afinal, como é que falar podia permanecer gratuito?
Há seis mil idiomas no mundo. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «ecologia», e tão pouca ecologia. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «paz», e tão pouca paz. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «juntos», e é cada um por si.
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Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
A pilot wants nothing more than to fly. Or so he thought, until he crosses paths with a mysterious thief whose tricks draw him into unchartered territory and new adventure. In a life where the truth changes as quickly as clouds in the sky, the pilot must decide for himself what freedom really means. “Map A Course, Arrive Safe Home. That’s The Measure Of Your Achievement.” A pilot wants nothing more than to fly. Or so he thought, until he crosses paths with a mysterious thief whose tricks draw him into unchartered territory and new adventure. In a life where the truth changes as quickly as clou... continue
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Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Un día al despertarse Josef K. descubre dos hombres vestidos estrafalariamente, que vienen a arritarle, en nombre de un misterioso tribunal.....
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Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Inspired by Heart of Darkness but set in a dystopian New Zealand, it explores themes of family, love, solitude, fulfilment, success, survival, death and many others.
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Erased : The State Wiped Out Her Identity, Now They Are Coming For Her Child by Miha Mazzini EN
SloveniaDescription:
This story is based on true events. Governments are not only collecting the information about the citizens, sometimes they are destroying or manipulating them too. Zala gives birth at the local hospital and everything goes well. There is only a small, bureaucratic problem; Zala's file is not on the computer. A software glitch, probably nothing serious. Within a few days, Zala is entangled in a web of Kafkaesque proportions; Not being in the computer means no social security, no permanent address. All of a sudden Zala is a foreigner, even though she has lived in Slovenia all of her life. Legall... continue
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Eseu despre orbire by José Saramago RO
Description:
Eseu despre orbire este un roman cutremurător, o mărturie a neîncrederii autorului în societatea contemporană, incapabilă să-și gestioneze și să-și rezolve crizele. Într-un oraș anonim, populat de personaje fără nume, izbucnește o boală îngrozitoare ce provoacă orbirea. Fără o cauză aparență, în afară de cea morală, oamenii își pierd, unul cîte unul, vederea și barbaria se dezlănțuie. Unică reacție a politicienilor este represiunea, urmată în curînd de apariția lagărelor. Din motive necunoscute, o singură persoană scapă de flagel – so... continue
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Voyager Classics - timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy. A beautiful clothbound edition of the internationally acclaimed Fahrenheit 451 - a masterwork of twentieth-century literature. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by ... continue
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury RO
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
O poveste tulburătoare şi poetică, Fahrenheit 451 este o parabolă a unei societăţi în care valorile pe care le cunoaştem au fost răsturnate, în care statul interzice cititul şi legiferează arderea cărţilor. Cetăţenii acestei lumi distopice trăiesc într-o indiferenţă indusă de droguri şi de mass-media.
Unul dintre ei este Guy Montag. El are o sarcină simplă: trebuie să dea foc tuturor cărţilor şi caselor în care acestea sunt ascunse. Ii place meseria pe care-o practică de zece ani, simte că-şi face pe deplin datoria şi nu are niciodată îndoieli... până &icir... continue
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Cuba