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001 20008214
003 LIBRIS
008 170124s2017 xxu 000 f eng
020 9781101973950|q(softcover)
020 1101973951|q(softcover)
020 |z9781101973967|q(ebook)
041 1 eng|hswe
082 00 839.73/8|223
084 Hcce.01|2kssb/8
092 0 Fantastik|bengelska
100 1 Tidbeck, Karin,|d1977-|4author
240 10 Amatka.|lEngelska
245 10 Amatka /|cKarin Tidbeck
264 1 New York :|bVintage Books,|c2017
300 216 pages ;|c21 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
520 "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"--
|cProvided by publisher
650 0 Language and languages|vFiction
655 7 Dystopian fiction.|2fast
655 7 Fiction.|2fast
655 7 Dystopias.|2gsafd
655 7 Science fiction|2saogf
655 7 Dystopier|2saogf
776 08 |iOnline version:|aTidbeck, Karin, 1977-|tAmatka.|dNew
York : Vintage, 2017|z9781101973967|w(DLC) 2017002988
907 00 180511
