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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Tiger Fludi Larissa Lai
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book was a wild trippy ride and I loved every minute of it. In fact, it’s one of those rare books that I finished and immediately wanted to start over to catch the things I missed. The characters are interesting and complicated and the world feels fully realized. I will say that the path the plot took was pretty unexpected and sometimes little snippets of information are dropped that don’t make sense until much later. Some might find that that makes the book hard to follow or really get into. I really loved it, though. It felt like I was figuring things out as the characters were and coming to know the world through experiencing it. I’d definitely recommend it. In 2145, with the 4th wave of the Tiger Flu just beginning, the stories of two young women collide. Kora Ko is struggling to survive in the bleak, slum-like quarantine rings surrounding the cyberpunk, biotech driven Salt Water City. Meanwhile, Kirilow Groundsel must find a way to save the Grist Sister’s queer, parthenogenetic forest commune. The narration switches along with the points of view between Truong and Kung. While Truong and Kung each provide distinct voices, their tones and inflections complement to create a unified reality. As elements of each culture are revealed, as well as the linking threads of history, the nightmarish, discordant qualities increase. Ranging from daily life to mesmerizing drug-induced techno-chanting, the narrations submerges the listener in the surreal dystopian, pandemic thriller provoking thoughts on science, morality, and politics. Perfect for fans of Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness or Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The improved review was published in Booklist Online on June 19, 2020. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"In this visionary novel by Larissa Lai--her first in sixteen years--a community of parthenogenic women, sent into exile by the male-dominated Salt Water City, goes to war against disease, technology, and powerful men that threaten them with extinction. Kirilow is a doctor apprentice whose lover Peristrophe is a "starfish," a woman who can regenerate her own limbs and organs, which she uses to help her clone sisters whose organs are failing. When a denizen from Salt Water City suffering from a mysterious flu comes into their midst, Peristrophe becomes infected and dies, prompting Kirilow to travel to Salt Water City, where the flu is now a pandemic, to find a new starfish who will help save her sisters. There, Kirilow meets Kora, a girl-woman desperate to save her family from the epidemic. Kora has everything Kirilow is looking for, except the will to abandon her own family. But before Kirilow can convince her, both are kidnapped by a group of powerful men to serve as test subjects for a new technology that can cure the mind of the body. Bold, beautiful, and wildly imaginative, The Tiger Flu is at once a female hero's saga, a cyberpunk thriller, and a convention-breaking cautionary tale--a striking metaphor for our complicated times."--Amazon.com. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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I will say sometimes I felt confused about what was going on--I was able to get into it, but it took some time for me to kind of settle into it and understand the language of the world. (I will also say that any book that starts with a like 'cast of characters' at the beginning will almost immediately confuse me because I get overwhelmed by the number of names I think I'm supposed to remember.)
But I think overall this is a really fucking gorgeous piece that manages to combine both dystopia and hope in a way that doesn't feel trite but well-won by the end. Gorgeous work. ( )