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The Plotinus
Upon setting out for a morning walk with his knobby stick in hand, a young man is arrested by a robot called the Plotinus and abandoned in a cell where one beam of sunlight beckons through an air duct. Rapping his knuckles against the vent to relay his tale of woe in code, he recalls his lost love and their group’s forbidden activities; his readings in philosophy and the sciences; and sweet memories of freedom’s small pleasures. As the captive confronts his increasingly dire circumstances with rigorous optimism, the appearance of fantastical visitors and miraculous objects in his cell further blurs the line between hallucination and dystopian reality. Told with uncanny warmth and intellectual brio, The Plotinus is Rikki Ducornet’s most unforgettable story yet.
88 pages, Paperback
Published July 11, 2023
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Rikki Ducornet
64 books266 followersRikki Ducornet (born Erika DeGre, April 19, 1943 in Canton, New York) is an American postmodernist, writer, poet, and artist.
Ducornet's father was a professor of sociology, and her mother hosted community-interest programs on radio and television. Ducornet grew up on the campus of Bard College in New York, earning a B.A. in Fine Arts from the same institution in 1964. While at Bard she met Robert Coover and Robert Kelly, two authors who shared Ducornet's fascination with metamorphosis and provided early models of how fiction might express this interest. In 1972 she moved to the Loire Valley in France with her then husband, Guy Ducornet. In 1988 she won a Bunting Institute fellowship at Radcliffe. In 1989 she moved back to North America after accepting a teaching position in the English Department at The University of Denver. In 2007, she replaced retired Dr. Ernest Gaines as Writer in Residence at the The University of Louisiana. In 2008, The American Academy of Arts and Letters conferred upon her one of the eight annual Academy Awards presented to writers.
Ducornet's father was a professor of sociology, and her mother hosted community-interest programs on radio and television. Ducornet grew up on the campus of Bard College in New York, earning a B.A. in Fine Arts from the same institution in 1964. While at Bard she met Robert Coover and Robert Kelly, two authors who shared Ducornet's fascination with metamorphosis and provided early models of how fiction might express this interest. In 1972 she moved to the Loire Valley in France with her then husband, Guy Ducornet. In 1988 she won a Bunting Institute fellowship at Radcliffe. In 1989 she moved back to North America after accepting a teaching position in the English Department at The University of Denver. In 2007, she replaced retired Dr. Ernest Gaines as Writer in Residence at the The University of Louisiana. In 2008, The American Academy of Arts and Letters conferred upon her one of the eight annual Academy Awards presented to writers.
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August 18, 2024
📚 Seorang pemuda ditangkap oleh sebuah robot bernama Plotinus saat sedang berjalan pagi. Dia dibuang ke dlm sel kecil dgn hanya satu sinar matahari yg masuk melalui lubang udara.
Dlm selnya, dia mengenang cinta yg hilang, kegiatan terlarang yg pernah dilakukan kelompoknya, serta pemikirannya tentang filsafat & ilmu pengetahuan.
Meski terjebak dlm situasi yg sulit, pemuda ini tetap optimis. Namun, saat dia mulai melihat pengunjung² aneh & benda² ajaib muncul di dlm selnya, dia bingung:
”Apakah semua itu nyata atau hanya halusinasi?”
🕵️♀️ Novel ini menampilkan kekhawatiran terhadap kontrol & penindasan oleh penguasa yg sering kali ditemukan dlm masyarakat modern 😒 Robot Plotinus & penahanan tanpa alasan yg jelas menggambarkan situasi di mana kekuasaan dpt menekan kebebasan rakyat 😒
Selain itu, novel ini jg bisa dilihat sbg kritik terhadap masyarakat yg semakin kehilangan sisi kemanusiaannya 😔 Dalam kondisi ini, mengingatkan pada bagaimana teknologi & kekuasaan dpt digunakan utk mengontrol diri kita sendiri 😔
Meskipun tokoh utama berada dlm situasi yg sgt terbatas, tp dia tetap berjuang utk menemukan kebebasan dlm pikirannya & terus berharap 💪
Dlm selnya, dia mengenang cinta yg hilang, kegiatan terlarang yg pernah dilakukan kelompoknya, serta pemikirannya tentang filsafat & ilmu pengetahuan.
Meski terjebak dlm situasi yg sulit, pemuda ini tetap optimis. Namun, saat dia mulai melihat pengunjung² aneh & benda² ajaib muncul di dlm selnya, dia bingung:
”Apakah semua itu nyata atau hanya halusinasi?”
🕵️♀️ Novel ini menampilkan kekhawatiran terhadap kontrol & penindasan oleh penguasa yg sering kali ditemukan dlm masyarakat modern 😒 Robot Plotinus & penahanan tanpa alasan yg jelas menggambarkan situasi di mana kekuasaan dpt menekan kebebasan rakyat 😒
Selain itu, novel ini jg bisa dilihat sbg kritik terhadap masyarakat yg semakin kehilangan sisi kemanusiaannya 😔 Dalam kondisi ini, mengingatkan pada bagaimana teknologi & kekuasaan dpt digunakan utk mengontrol diri kita sendiri 😔
Meskipun tokoh utama berada dlm situasi yg sgt terbatas, tp dia tetap berjuang utk menemukan kebebasan dlm pikirannya & terus berharap 💪
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