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To paradise
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Yanagihara, Hanya

To paradise : a novel / Hanya Yanagihara

New York : Doubleday, 2022

Abstract: In una versione alternativa dell'America del 1893, New York fa parte degli Stati Liberi, dove le persone possono vivere e amare chi vogliono (o almeno così sembra). Il fragile e giovane rampollo di una famiglia illustre rifiuta il fidanzamento con un degno corteggiatore, attratto da un affascinante insegnante di musica senza mezzi. In una Manhattan del 1993 assediata dall'epidemia di aids, un giovane hawaiano vive con il partner molto più anziano e ricco, nascondendo la sua infanzia travagliata e il destino del padre. E nel 2093, in un mondo lacerato da pestilenze e governato da un regime totalitario, la nipote di un potente scienziato cerca di affrontare la vita senza di lui e di risolvere il mistero delle sparizioni di suo marito. Queste tre parti sono unite in una sinfonia avvincente, con note e temi ricorrenti che si approfondiscono e si arricchiscono a vicenda: una residenza a Washington Square Park nel Greenwich Village; malattie e cure dal terribile costo; ricchezza e squallore; il debole e il forte; la razza; la definizione di famiglia e di nazionalità; la pericolosa giustizia dei potenti e dei rivoluzionari; il desiderio di trovare il proprio posto in un paradiso terrestre e la graduale consapevolezza che non può esistere. Ciò che unisce non solo i personaggi, ma anche queste Americhe, è il loro venire a patti con quello che ci rende umani: la paura, l'amore, la vergogna, il bisogno, la solitudine. Verso il paradiso è un meraviglioso esempio di tecnica letteraria, ma soprattutto è un'opera geniale che affronta le nostre emozioni. Hanya Yanagihara scrive un romanzo sul desiderio di proteggere coloro che amiamo - partner, amanti, figli, amici, famiglia e persino i nostri concittadini - e sul dolore che ne deriva quando non possiamo farlo.

Solar
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McEwan, Ian

Solar / Ian McEwan

London : Vintage, 2022

Vintage earth

Abstract: Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard's professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster. Ranging from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of New Mexico, "Solar" is a serious and darkly satirical novel, showing human frailty struggling with the most pressing and complex problem of our time. A story of one man's greed and self-deception, it is a profound and stylish new work from one of the world's great writers.

Nineteen Eighty-four
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Orwell, George

Nineteen Eighty-four : testo originale inglese / George Orwell

Milano : Mondadori, 2021

I miti

Machines like me
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McEwan, Ian

Machines like me : and people like you / Ian McEwan

London : Vintage, 2020

Abstract: Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control.

The testaments
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Atwood, Margaret

The testaments / Margaret Atwood

London : Chatto & Windus, 2019

Abstract: ** WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 **\n\n** SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **\n\nBOOK OF THE YEAR: Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Stylist, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Guardian, The Times, Observer, Red\n\nMargaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.\n\nMore than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.\n\nTwo have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.\n\nAs Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes. \n\n'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood

Soumission
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HOUELLEBECQ, Michel

Soumission : roman / Michel Houellebecq

Paris : J'ai lu, 2017

Abstract: Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu motivé par l’enseignement, il s’attend à une vie ennuyeuse mais calme, protégée des grands drames historiques. Cependant les forces en jeu dans le pays ont fissuré le système politique jusqu’à provoquer son effondrement. Cette implosion sans soubresauts, sans vraie révolution, se développe comme un mauvais rêve.

The handmaid's tale
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Atwood, Margaret

The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood

London : Vintage, 2017

Vintage classics

Abstract: A stunning bespoke gift package featuring an iconic design from the prize-winning artist, Noma Bar, eye-catching sprayed edges and ribbon. The perfect present for those who like their beauty with a bit of bite. The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony, wit and astute perception.

The handmaid's tale
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Atwood, Margaret

The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood

New York : Anchor Books, 2017

Abstract: A stunning bespoke gift package featuring an iconic design from the prize-winning artist, Noma Bar, eye-catching sprayed edges and ribbon. The perfect present for those who like their beauty with a bit of bite. The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony, wit and astute perception.

Black mirror
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Black mirror : the complete fourth series / [serie creata da] Charlie Brooker

[S.l.] : Dazzler Media, 2017

Abstract: Black Mirror returns with more twisted adventures from the genius mind of Charlie Brooker. The sci-fi anthology series sees humanity's sleekest innovations collide with our darkest instincts in a terrifyingly familiar near-future. USS Callister: A woman wakes up on a Star Trek-esque space ship where the crew praise their all-knowing and fearless captain, who has used DNA scans to simulate real people within his game. Arkangel: After nearly losing her daughter, a mother invests in a new technology that allows her to keep track of her child. Crocodile: A woman's past comes back to haunt her while an insurance adjuster questions people about an accident with a memory machine. Hang the DJ: A new dating app allows the matched couples to be told how long their relationships will last. Metalhead: A woman attempts to survive in a dangerous land full of robotic guard-dogs. Black Museum: A woman enters a museum where the proprietor tells her stories relating to the technological artifacts

Black mirror
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Black mirror : the complete third series / [serie creata da] Charlie Brooker

[S.l.] : Dazzler Media, 2017

Abstract: All six episodes from the third series of the sci-fi anthology drama created by Charlie Brooker which explores the role of technology in modern society. In this instalment, a woman tries to improve her social media status, two soldiers do battle with a gang of mutants and an American signs up for a trial of an augmented reality game. The episodes are: 'Nosedive', 'Playtest', 'Shut Up and Dance', 'San Junipero', 'Men Against Fire' and 'Hated in the Nation'.

1984
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Orwell, George

1984 / George Orwell ; traduit de l'anglais par Amélie Audiberti ; dossier réalisé par Olivier Rocheteau ; lecture d'image par Juliette Berton

Paris : Gallimard, 2015

20. siecle, N.S

Abstract: "De tous les carrefours importants, le visage à la moustache noire vous fixait du regard. Big Brother Vous Regarde, répétait la légende, tandis que le regard des yeux noirs pénétrait les yeux de Winston ... Au loin, un hélicoptère glissa entre les toits, plana un moment, telle une mouche bleue, puis repartit comme une flèche, dans un vol courbe. C'était une patrouille qui venait mettre le nez aux fenêtres des gens. Mais les patrouilles n'avaient pas d'importance. Seule comptait la Police de la Pensée." [payot.ch]

451° за фаренгейтом [451° za farengejtom]
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BRADBURY, Ray

451° за фаренгейтом [451° za farengejtom] / Rej Bredberі ; [tr. Єvgen Krizhevich]

[S.l.] : Navchaljna kniga, 2015

Abstract: Роман-антиутопія і в жанрі наукової фантастики. У романі зображено нове, майбутнє споживацьке суспільство, ймовірно, чимось схоже на Сполучені Штати Америки , де панує тоталітаризм і майже повний контроль суспільства. Керівництво держави намагається підпорядкувати собі навіть думки людей: книги заборонено, незаконним вважають читання і переховування будь-якої літератури, за дотриманням порядку мають слідкувати пожежники. 451 градус за Фаренгейт (233 градуси за Цельсієм) — температура, при якій загоряється папір.

2084
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Sansal, Boualem

2084 : la fin du monde / Boualem Sansal

Paris : Gallimard, 2015

The Divergent trilogy
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Roth, Veronica

The Divergent trilogy / Veronica Roth

[S.l.] : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2014

Abstract: No. 1 New York Times bestsellers DIVERGENT, INSURGENT and ALLEGIANT in collector's trilogy set. DIVERGENT - a major motion picture in 2014. Divergent: In the world of Divergent, society is divided into five factions and all are forced to choose where they belong. The choice Beatrice Prior makes shocks everyone, including herself. Once decisions are made faction members are forced to undergo extreme initiation tests with devastating consequences. Tris must determine who her friends are - and whether the man who both threatens and protects her is really on her side. Because Tris has a deadly secret. As growing conflict threatens to unravel their seemingly perfect society, this secret might save those Tris loves...or it might destroy her. Insurgent: One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. Tris Prior's initiation day should have been marked by celebrations; instead it ended with unspeakable horrors. Now unrest surges in the factions around her as conflict between their ideologies grows. In times of war sides must be chosen and secrets will emerge. Tris has already paid a terrible price for survival and is wracked by haunting guilt. But radical new discoveries and shifting relationships mean that she must fully embrace her Divergence - even though she stands to lose everything...Allegiant: The faction-based society that Tris once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she will find a simple new life, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

The giver
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LOWRY, Lois

The giver / Lois Lowry

London : Harper Collins, 2014

Abstract: In a perfect world, Jonas begins to see the flaws...THE GIVER is the classic award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre and a major motion picture adaptation for 2014 starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in the community wants for anything. Everything needed is provided. And at twelve years old, each member of the community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders. Twelve-year old Jonas has never thought there was anything wrong with his world. But from the moment he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, Jonas discovers that their community is not as perfect as it seems. It is only with the help of the Giver, that Jonas can find what has been lost. And it is only through his personal courage that Jonas finds the strength to do what is right...The Giver is the award-winning classic of bravery and adventure that has inspired countless dystopian writers as the forerunner of this genre.

1984
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Orwell, George

1984 / George Orwell ; epílogo de Thomas Pynchon ; traducción de Miguel Temprano García

Barcelona : Penguim Random House, 2014

Abstract: En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un peón de este engranaje perverso, su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos... hasta que decide replantearse la verdad del sistema que los gobierna y somete.«Desde El proceso de Kafka ninguna obra fantástica ha alcanzado el horror lógico de 1984.»ArthurKoestler

Les carabiniers
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Les carabiniers / un film di Jean-Luc Godard

[S.l.] : Minerva Pictures, [2014]

Abstract: Nella bidonville di un regno immaginario, due poveracci vengono convinti ad arruolarsi nei carabinieri e a partire per una fantomatica guerra. I due accettano, spinti dalle rispettive mogli e allettati dalla prospettiva di poter requisire tutti i beni del nemico ucciso e di poter commettere crimini a volontà , giustificati solo dal fatto di essere in guerra per il re. Tra massacri, violenze e ingiustizie, i due verranno a loro volta disillusi.

Terra!
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Benni, Stefano

Terra! / Stefano Benni

40. ed.

Milano : Feltrinelli, 1983

Universale economica

Abstract: È l'anno 2156: da una Parigi sotterranea e da un mondo ghiacciato dalle guerre nucleari, parte un'incredibile corsa spaziale, verso una nuova terra più vivibile. Contro la Proteo Tien, la scassatissima astronave sineuropea, e il suo ancor più scassato equipaggio, scendono in campo due colossali imperi: l'Impero militare samurai, con una miniastronave su cui un generale giapponese guida sessanta topi ammaestrati, e la Calalbakrab, la reggia volante del tiranno amerorusso, il Grande Scorpione. Intanto a terra, per risolvere un mistero legato alla civiltà inca, si affrontano Fang, un vecchio saggio cinese, e Frank Einstein, un bambino di nove anni genio del computer. La chiave del mistero inca del "cuore della terra" è anche la chiave del viaggio nello spazio. La discesa nelle viscere della montagna peruviana di Fang ed Einstein apparirà ben presto legata in modo magico e oscuro al viaggio della Proteo negli orrori e nelle allucinazioni dei Pianeti Dimenticati. La scienza, la fantasia, la filosofia si arrestano davanti al mistero di una civiltà antichissima, e sfidano i potenti di un mondo guerriero. Riusciranno i nostri eroi ad aprire le quindici porte? Riusciranno a raggiungere il pianeta della mappa Boojum? Riusciranno a trovare, per la seconda volta, la Terra?

Fahrenheit 451
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BRADBURY, Ray

Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury

New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012

Abstract: In a society in which books are outlawed, Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.

Divergent
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Roth, Veronica

Divergent / Veronica Roth

[S.l.] : HarperCollins, 2012

Abstract: In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. Veronica Roth is the New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, the first in a trilogy of dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.