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La maggior parte degli uomini è morta. Tre anni dopo la pandemia nota come Manfall, i governi resistono ancora e la vita continua, ma un mondo gestito da donne non è sempre un posto migliore. Il dodicenne Miles è uno degli ultimi ragazzi in vita e sua madre, Cole, lo proteggerà a tutti i costi. In fuga dopo un orribile atto di violenza - e perseguitata dalla sua stessa sorella spietata, Billie - tutto ciò che Cole vuole è crescere suo figlio da qualche parte in cui non sarà una semplice risorsa riproduttiva o un oggetto sessuale. Un posto chiamato casa. Per arrivarci, Cole e Miles dovranno attraversare un'America profondamente diversa, travestiti da madre e figlia. Da una base militare a un bunker di lusso, da una comune anarchica a Salt Lake City ai seguaci di un culto pronto a riconoscere Miles come risposta alle loro preghiere, i due saranno costretti a muoversi velocemente perché Billie e il suo sinistro equipaggio saranno sempre più vicini. Un romanzo fortemente femminista, "Un mondo di donne" fonde suspense psicologica, noir e fantascienza.
- ISBN: 8834741161
- Casa Editrice: Fanucci
- Pagine: 396
- Data di uscita: 25-02-2021
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”’And you’re returning to South Africa after your vacation?’‘Yes, that’s where we live,’ proud of the fact of it. Away from everyday Nazis and school shootings so regular they were practically part of the academic calendar along with prom and football season, away from the slow gutting of democracy, Leggi tutto
If Broken Monsters was Lauren Beukes’s great Clive Barker novel, then Afterland is her great Stephen King novel. By the way, I personally hate it when blurbs state breathlessly that if you loved ‘x’ by ‘y’ … then this is JUST the book for you because it is MORE of the same! Beukes has carved a niche Leggi tutto
Afterland is an okay dystopian story. Somewhat of a rehash of the graphic novel series Y: The Last Man. How much knowledge Beukes had of that story or if she was influenced by it at all, I cannot say. But it is the same basic idea and premise. A virus wipes out all (or most) men and this is the afte Leggi tutto
I was worried about picking up a book centred on a pandemic, I mean, the timing is interesting isn’t it. But two things quickly became clear: 1. The pandemic here is different - it only kills men 2. The whole thing feels completely tongue-in-cheek and is impossible to take seriously Cole and her son Mi Leggi tutto
"You can’t imagine how much the world can change in six months. You just can’t." Except that, now, of course we all can... 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. I’ve read all of Lauren Beukes novels and my favorites are Zoo City and The Shining Girls. The thing I love most about this South African au
By now, a lot of us have read a lot of dystopias featuring sexual politics, often accompanied with some major disaster that leaves women a huge minority ( The Book of Etta ) or ( The White Plague ) or any number of bigger named modern authors. This one flips the script. Men are seriously endangered. The Leggi tutto
Hmm, sounds promising. I LOVE The Handmaid’s Tale , and this book said it would focus on a different type of dystopia, one where men were the rarity. Unfortunately, this book failed to live up to its promise. The relationships between the characters is affected by a very cavalier way of describing the Leggi tutto
Unfortunately this book was not for me. I almost DNFED it at 25%, 50%, and again even at 75%. As you can probably tell I do not like to DNF books, I think I owe the publishers and authors more than that. Even if I’m not enjoying a book I torture myself in hopes that the ending will blow me away—this Leggi tutto
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