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Wir befinden uns in einer beklemmenden Zukunft, in der zum Wohle der Allgemeinheit, Menschen gezüchtet werden, um später deren Organe für Transplantationen zu entnehmen. Diese Spender wachsen in Internaten auf, ohne zu wissen, was ihr Schicksal für sie bereit hält.
Das Schicksal und das kurze Leben mehrerer dieser Spender wird beschrieben, während der Leser mehr und mehr über das System der Organspenden erfährt.
Teils beklemmend, teils melancholisch, oft mit einer fast poetischen Schönheit werden ...more
Das Schicksal und das kurze Leben mehrerer dieser Spender wird beschrieben, während der Leser mehr und mehr über das System der Organspenden erfährt.
Teils beklemmend, teils melancholisch, oft mit einer fast poetischen Schönheit werden ...more
I don't remember why I picked up this book, but I must say I wasn't impressed initially. It took me a while to get into it. Soon, though, I became completely enthralled. Mainly what I think I liked about it was its simplicity and how understated so much of it seemed. I started to think about how the novel would have been written by another author.
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One of the saddest books I have read in a long time...do not read this while depressed! It will make it worse.
For me, it's a book about the inevitabilities in all our lives, and how we face them. If there is a moral to this story, I think it's about the importance of love, art, and our ability to imagine and hope for better things than the world affords. ...more
For me, it's a book about the inevitabilities in all our lives, and how we face them. If there is a moral to this story, I think it's about the importance of love, art, and our ability to imagine and hope for better things than the world affords. ...more
This is a book about clone children who are raised to be organ donors. They're raised in a creepy institution, and their organs are harvested when they're in their twenties. It's a perfect metaphor for growing up and entering the workforce.
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Read on the grounds of Osaka Castle, Japan.
On my list of best reads.
