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84k de Claire North

84k

Autor Claire North
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 mai 2018

La prima vedere, „84K” pare a fi un exercițiu de imaginație despre o birocrație dusă la extrem, însă, pe măsură ce avansăm în narațiune, descoperim o critică socială tăioasă despre devalorizarea vieții umane în fața capitalului. În acest univers distopic, sistemul judiciar a fost înlocuit de un algoritm financiar: orice infracțiune are un preț, iar libertatea este un activ care poate fi achiziționat. Apreciem modul în care Claire North construiește o atmosferă apăsătoare prin ochii lui Theo Miller, un funcționar a cărui sarcină este să calculeze „valoarea” victimelor până la ultimul bănuț, transformând tragedia în statistică.

În tradiția stabilită de Molly McGhee în Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, acest roman reimaginează coșmarul corporatist și datoria ca formă de control social, dar îi conferă o dimensiune mult mai sumbră și violentă. Dacă în lucrările anterioare, precum The End of the Day, Claire North explora natura metafizică a sfârșitului, aici ea ancorează speculația în mecanisme economice palpabile și crude. Reținem o structură narativă fragmentată, care reflectă dezorientarea unui personaj forțat să aleagă între confortul complicității și riscul adevărului. Este o proză care nu caută să consoleze, ci să provoace, transformând un roman polițist într-o meditație despre moralitate într-o lume care și-a pierdut busola etică în favoarea bilanțului contabil.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780316316804
ISBN-10: 0316316806
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 136 x 208 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru cititorii care caută o literatură speculativă profundă, „84K” oferă o viziune tulburătoare asupra viitorului capitalismului. Veți câștiga o perspectivă nouă asupra conceptului de justiție și responsabilitate socială. Este o recomandare ideală pentru cei care au apreciat „Povestea Slujitoarei”, oferind un ritm de roman polițist infuzat cu o reflecție filozofică despre prețul real al unei vieți omenești.

Despre autor

Claire North este pseudonimul scriitoarei Catherine Webb, un talent precoce al literaturii britanice, care a publicat prima sa carte la vârsta de paisprezece ani. Sub diverse identități literare, inclusiv Kate Griffin, autoarea a demonstrat o versatilitate remarcabilă, trecând de la literatura pentru tineret la fantasy urban și proză speculativă premiată. Nominalizată la Carnegie Medal și inclusă pe listele scurte ale Sunday Times pentru tineri scriitori, North s-a impus ca o voce originală prin romane care sfidează genurile literare clasice, precum seria „Songs of Penelope” sau bestsellerul „The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August”, explorând constant limitele condiției umane prin lentila fantasticului și a distopiei.

Descriere scurtă

A powerful dystopian vision of a world where money reigns supreme, from a World Fantasy Award-winning author.

"An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, with dashes of The Handmaid's Tale." ---Cory Doctorow

NOMINATED FOR THE PHILIP K. DICK AWARD 2019.

The penalty for Dani Cumali's murder: £84,000.

Theo works in the Criminal Audit Office. He assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full.

These days, there's no need to go to prison - provided that you can afford to pay the penalty for the crime you've committed. If you're rich enough, you can get away with murder.

But Dani's murder is different. When Theo finds her lifeless body, and a hired killer standing over her and calmly calling the police to confess, he can't let her death become just an entry on a balance sheet.

Someone is responsible. And Theo is going to find them and make them pay.

Perfect for fans of 1984 and Never Let Me Go, Claire North's moving and unnerving new novel will resonate with readers around the world.

Previous books by Claire North:
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Touch
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
The End of the Day

By the same author, writing as Kate Griffin:
A Madness of Angels
The Midnight Mayor
The Neon Court
The Minority Council
The Glass God
Stray Souls

Notă biografică

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, a Carnegie Medal-nominated author whose first book was written when she was just fourteen years old. She went on to write several other novels in various genres, before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, in 2014. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and an Audie nomination, and was included in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list. Her next novel, Touch, was also in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year, in 2015. Catherine currently works as a theatre lighting designer and is a fan of big cities, urban magic, Thai food and graffiti-spotting. She lives in London.

Recenzii

"An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece, as harrowing as it is brilliant"—Emily St. John Mandel, bestselling author of Station Eleven
"An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, with dashes of The Handmaid's Tale."—Cory Doctorow
"Everybody needs to read 84K. Consistently thoughtful fiction like this needs to be championed. I'll admit it, I'm a little in awe of the author. Her work is sublime.... Claire North deserves your undivided attention. Buy the book, read it. Your brain will thank you.... If there was a rating higher than highly recommended this book would receive it."
—The Eloquent Page
"A terrifying setting that feels rooted to the present day.... Imbued with a menace that feels both recognizable and urgent, and the decisions the characters make as a result feel uncomfortably real."—RT Book Reviews
"Another captivating novel from one of the most intriguing and genre-bending novelists currently working in the intersection between thriller and science fiction."—Booklist (starred review)
"A furious, confrontational book that's extremely smart... its energy is infectious and its ideas are fiercely provocative."—SciFiNow
"Put simply, this book just blew my mind. A remarkable writer, doing extraordinary things, and I think this is her best book yet."—Blue Book Balloon
"Claire North goes from strength to strength.... A tense, moving story."—Guardian
"The grimy, meticulously constructed and worrisomely believable dystopia Claire North has created for 84k is our world, just a few years down the path."—NPR
"One of the most distinct and compelling SF novels of the year thus far."—Toronto Star
"A dystopian anthem for the modern activist... a cracking thriller.... Quite simply, North's best book so far."—Starburst
"Evocative, thought-provoking... I'll read anything she writes."—Omnivoracious
"The truly scary thing about 84K is how convincing this dark, brutal class-divided Britain is."—SFX
"Vivid and disturbing."—Publishers Weekly
"A fascinating look at the decisions society is taking now."—The Bookbag
"Claire North's writing is terrific, smart, and entertaining."—Patrick Ness on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination."

—Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls, on The Sudden Appearance of Hope
"Wonderful novel...held together by a compelling mystery involving nothing less than the end of the world itself. Beautifully written and structured...a remarkable book."—Booklist (starred review) on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"A subtle study of friendship, love and the complexity of existence."—Eric Brown, Guardian on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful. North is a writer to watch."
—Kirkus on The End of the Day
"North is [a] consistently intriguing writer."
—Locus on The End of the Day

Descriere

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'AN EERILY PLAUSIBLE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE' Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN

'AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL . . . with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale' Cory Doctorow

*CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD*

From one of the most original new voices in modern fiction comes a startling vision of a world where you can get away with anything . . .

Theo Miller knows the value of human life - to the very last penny.

Working in the Criminal Audit Office, he assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full.

But when his ex-lover is killed, it's different. This is one death he can't let become merely an entry on a balance sheet.

Because when the richest in the world are getting away with murder, sometimes the numbers just don't add up.

From the award-winning Claire North comes an electrifying and provocative new novel which will resonate with readers around the world.

Praise for 84K:

'Another captivating novel from one of the most intriguing and genre-bending novelists' Booklist

'Claire North goes from strength to strength . . . A tense, moving story' Guardian

'Absolutely breath-taking... An early and compelling candidate for best novel of 2018' SciFi Magazine

'A dystopian anthem for the modern activist . . . 84K is an important book but also a cracking thriller . . . Quite simply, North's best book so far' Starburst

'North is an original and even dazzling writer' Kirkus

'North's talent shines out' Sunday Times