Death as a Side Effect (平装)
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品牌: Ana Maria ShuaAndrea G. Labinger Ph.D. Harvard University
基本信息出版社:UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR (2010年12月1日)丛书名:Latin American Women Writers平装:176页正文语种:英语ISBN:0803229895条形码:9780803229891ASIN:0803229895商品描述内容简介InDeath as a Side Effect, Ana María Shua’s brilliantly dark satire transports readers to a dystopic future Argentina where gangs of ad hoc marauders and professional thieves roam the streets while the wealthy purchase security behind fortified concrete walls and the elderly cower in their apartments in fear of being whisked off to state-mandated “convalescent” homes, never to return. Abandoned by his mistress, suffocated by his father, and estranged from his demented mother and ineffectual sister, Ernesto seeks his vanished lover. Hoping to save his dying father from the ministrations of a diabolical health-care system, he discovers that, ultimately, everyone is a patient, and the instruments wielded by the impersonal medical corps cut to the very heart of the social fabric.
The world of this novel, with its closed districts, unsafe travel, ubiquitous security cameras, and widespread artificiality and uncertainty, is as familiar as it is strange—and as instructive, in its harrowing way, as it is deeply entertaining. The Spanish edition has been selected by the Congreso de la Lengua Española as one of the one hundred best Latin American novels published in the last twenty-five years.
媒体推荐Praise for the Spanish edition: "Because of its depth and searing drama, this novel places Ana Maria Shua at the forefront of Argentine literature. The book is deep and perturbing, and it is narrated in a limpid prose, infused with profound lyricism and subtle compassion." Jose Miguel Oviedo, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, Spain "Shua masterfully employs black humour and exceptionally well-crafted dialogue to create an innovative work." Fernando Mascarello, Paradoxo, Brazil "This is a book written with the talent of an author who gazed into the depths of her country and added that blaze to this brilliantly written inferno." Elizabeth Subercaseaux, Variedades, Chile