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Tidbeck, Karin, 1977-
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Language and languages -- Fiction.
Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction.
Insurgency -- Fiction.
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Tidbeck, Karin, 1977-
Language and languages -- Fiction.
Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction.
Insurgency -- Fiction.
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Amatka
/ Karin Tidbeck.
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Tidbeck, Karin, 1977-
Vintage Books, 2017.
Call #:
FICTION TID
Subjects
Language and languages -- Fiction.
Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction.
Insurgency -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781101973950 (trade pbk.)
Description:
216 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"Originally publsihed in Sweden by Max Förlag, Stockholm, in 2012."--T.p. verso.
Summary:
"A surreal and shockingly original debut novel set in a dystopian world shaped by language--literally. Vanja, a government worker, leaves her home city of Essre for the austere, wintry colony of
Amatka
on a research assignment. It takes some adjusting: people act differently in
Amatka
, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja finds herself falling in love with her housemate, Nina, and decides to stick around. But when she stumbles on evidence of a growing threat to the colony and a cover-up by its administration, she begins an investigation that puts her at tremendous risk. In Karin Tidbeck's dystopic imagining, language has the power to shape reality. Unless objects, buildings, and the surrounding landscape are repeatedly named, and named properly, everything will fall apart. Trapped in the repressive colony, Vanja dreams of using language to break free, but her individualism may well threaten the very fabric of reality.
Amatka
is a beguiling and wholly original novel about freedom, love, and artistic creation by an idiosyncratic new voice"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Science fiction
Dystopian fiction.
First novel
Holds:
2
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Science Fiction
FICTION TID
Adult Trade Paperback Books
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Jul 16, 2024
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