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Loading... The Method (2009)by Juli Zeh
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Jung, attraktiv, begabt und unabhängig: Das ist Mia Holl, eine Frau von dreißig Jahren, die sich vor einem Schwurgericht verantworten muss. Zur Last gelegt wird ihr ein Zuviel an Liebe (zu ihrem Bruder), ein Zuviel an Verstand (sie denkt naturwissenschaftlich) und ein Übermaß an geistiger Unabhängigkeit. In einer Gesellschaft, in der die Sorge um den Körper alle geistigen Werte verdrängt hat, reicht dies aus, um als gefährliches Subjekt eingestuft zu werden. Juli Zeh entwirft in Corpus Delicti das spannende Science-Fiction-Szenario einer Gesundheitsdiktatur irgendwann im 21. Jahrhundert, in der Gesundheit zur höchsten Bürgerpflicht geworden ist. Part political thriller, part crime story and part speculative fiction, The Method is a futuristic system designed to ensure people are healthy and pain free and, by the mid 21st Century, it’s not optional: maintaining physical health is a virtue, and failure to do so is a crime. Mia Holl’s brother was an anarchist who rebelled against the super-scrubbed and fascistic nanny state: when he was convicted – on the basis of DNA evidence – of the rape/murder of a girlfriend, Mia was convinced he was framed. She tries to avenge him by bringing down the state but is arrested as a subversive: there are no soft answers or easy solutions in this well imagined and plausible tale of sanitary neurosis. I wish that this book about ideas was better crafted. It's a great idea, but there are too many speeches and not enough world building to make this really work. I'm not sure of the politics of the author. Are we supposed to side with anarchist beliefs of the brother, or not? It isn't clear in the end. no reviews | add a review
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The government knows your medical data, your sleep patterns and exercise is mandatory. Good health is your highest civic duty. But what happens when you rebel against this controlling regime? Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method, where good health is the highest duty of the citizen. Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young and beautiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient but with an intellect that marks her as subversive. Convinced that her brother has been wrongfully convicted of a terrible crime, Mia comes up against the full force of a regime determined to control every aspect of its citizens' lives. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)833.92Literature German and related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1990-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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