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Anders Bodelsen
Freezing Point (Faber Editions)

Anders Bodelsen
Freezing Point (Faber Editions)

2025 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (TBS/GBS)

A lost dystopian classic, set in a future without death.You don't own yourself any longer. Society owns you. Had it not been for society, you would not be lying here now.Bruno, a young magazine editor, seems to live a charmed life, until he discovers a growth on his neck - the first sign of incurable cancer. But his do…ctor offers him a unique opportunity: Bruno can choose to be 'frozen down' until medical science has found a cure for his condition. He makes his decision, just after meeting and falling in love with an enigmatic ballet dancer.Decades later, he wakes up to find himself cured, but the world is now a very different place. Freezing technology is now ubiquitous, the pleasures of life have been subtly drained and society has started to fracture. Bruno must decide what he really wants from his life and whether it's worth the cost.Fans of dystopian fiction will love this creepingly claustrophobic classic, which asks all the big questions about ageing, death, scientific progress and the meaning of life.With a new foreword by Sophie Mackintosh A lost dystopian classic, set in a future without death.You don't own yourself any longer. Society owns you. Had it not been for society, you would not be lying here now.Bruno, a young magazine editor…, seems to live a charmed life, until he discovers a growth on his neck - the first sign of incurable cancer. But his doctor offers him a unique opportunity: Bruno can choose to be 'frozen down' until medical science has found a cure for his condition. He makes his decision, just after meeting and falling in love with an enigmatic ballet dancer.Decades later, he wakes up to find himself cured, but the world is now a very different place. Freezing technology is now ubiquitous, the pleasures of life have been subtly drained and society has started to fracture. Bruno must decide what he really wants from his life and whether it's worth the cost.Fans of dystopian fiction will love this creepingly claustrophobic classic, which asks all the big questions about ageing, death, scientific progress and the meaning of life.With a new foreword by Sophie Mackintosh

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	192
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	0571393381
ISBN:	9780571393381
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	8. 12. 2025 14:29
Číslo položky:	1494797

O autorovi

Anders Bodelsen

Anders Bodelsen je plodný dánský spisovatel spojovány především s new-wave realismem 60. let v dánské literatuře, spolu s křesťankou Kampmann a Henrik Stangerup. Bodelsen dává přednost sociálně-realistickému stylu psaní, často thrillerů o lidech ze střední třídy, kteří čelí důsledky materialismu, které se často střetává se svými lidskými hodnotami . Jeho detektivky také experimentují s běžnými pokušeními lidí, např. krádeží a otázkami morálky. Nejznámější jeho román Myslete na číslo byl zfilmován jako \\\„Silent Partner\\\“ v roce 1978. Také všeobecně známá je jeho spolupráce s Danish National Television na natáčení některých thrillerů , např. Guldregn . Kromě toho má také několik méně známých rozhlasových her.

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