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Cargando... The Membranes: A Novel (Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan) (1996)por Ta-Wei Chi, Dawei Ji
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A prescient fable that explores the boundaries of what it means to be human. We gradually find things out based on the perspective of the main character in the first section, only to have our point of view completely unhinged by another reality in the latter part of the book. All of this transpires in a very understated series of developments that take on new meaning as the book unfolds. As the translator asks in the afterward, "Who are you before you read the book, and who after?" Who you are depends on how you confront some of these same aspects of the human condition. Similar in theme to _The Matrix_, but found here without the drama or the martial arts. Loads of angst. Profound and indelible. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all of T City. Humanity has migrated to domes at the bottom of the sea to escape devastating climate change. The world is dominated by powerful media conglomerates and runs on exploited cyborg labor. Momo prefers to keep to herself, and anyway she's too busy for other relationships: her clients include some of the city's best-known media personalities. But after meeting her estranged mother, she begins to explore her true identity, a journey that leads to questioning the bounds of gender, memory, self, and reality. First published in Taiwan in 1995, The Membranes is a classic of queer speculative fiction in Chinese. Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes-heirloom animals, radiation-proof combat drones, sinister surveillance technologies-into a sensitive portrait of one young woman's quest for self-understanding. Predicting everything from fitness tracking to social media saturation, this visionary and sublime novel stands out for its queer and trans themes. The Membranes reveals the diversity and originality of contemporary speculative fiction in Chinese, exploring gender and sexuality, technological domination, and regimes of capital, all while applying an unflinching self-reflexivity to the reader's own role. Ari Larissa Heinrich's translation brings Chi's hybrid punk sensibility to all readers interested in books that test the limits of where speculative fiction can go"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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