Juli Zeh
Hardcover | Pages: 264 pages Rating: 3.56 | 2881 Users | 199 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Corpus Delicti. Ein Prozess |
| ISBN: | 3895614343 (ISBN13: 9783895614347) |
| Edition Language: | German |
| Characters: | Mia Holl |
| Literary Awards: | The Kitschies Nominee for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2012), LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Allgemeine Literatur (2009) |
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Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method, where good health is the highest duty of the citizen. Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young and beautiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient but with an intellect that marks her as subversive. Convinced that her brother has been wrongfully convicted of a terrible crime, Mia comes up against the full force of a regime determined to control every aspect of its citizens' lives. The Method, set in the middle of the twenty-first century, deals with pressing questions: to what extent can the state curtail the rights of the individual? And does the individual have a right to resist? Juli Zeh has written a thrilling and visionary book about our future, and our present.Describe Containing Books Corpus Delicti. Ein Prozess
| Title | : | Corpus Delicti. Ein Prozess |
| Author | : | Juli Zeh |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 264 pages |
| Published | : | February 20th 2009 by Schöffling (first published January 1st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fiction. European Literature. German Literature. Contemporary. Novels. Academic. School |
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Ratings: 3.56 From 2881 Users | 199 ReviewsNotice Containing Books Corpus Delicti. Ein Prozess
Mens sana in corpore sano? Well, first of all, define health. Is physical strength and the lack of illness or disability the same as being healthy? Can it be measured, as suggested in this dystopian vision of a society religiously devoted to focusing on perfect appearance and fitness? Is healthy life the solution to our mental instabilities, and can it take on the role as a method to control human interaction? The answer is yes and no. It can, but the "happiness" that is forced upon the humanUnconvincingI have to admit that dystopian visions of a totalitarian future are not high on my list of favourite genres, unless of course it's Orwell, but the very first line of this really got my hackles up:Gesundheit ist ein Zustand des vollkommenen körperlichen, geistigen und sozialen Wohlbefindens - und nicht die bloße Abwesenheit von Krankheit. Health is a state of complete physical, spiritual and social wellbeing - and not the mere absence of disease. Oh bollocks. Health is the absence of
A modern version of Orwell's 1984, combined with themes from Kafka's classic The Trial, the novel (published in 2010) depicts a totalitarian society where health is sacred and the belief in science absolute. The story is fast paced and combines a scifi-setting with a crime story which works really well. The book raises important questions about individual rights vs state power and the matter of 'state imposed health' is highly relevant today (given our increasing obsession with a 'healthy
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Update: in these corona/covid19-times this dystopia absolutely is relevant. Perhaps, or better, hopefully, we're not going to go the way of the 'Method' like in this book, but I guess 'social distancing' and 'quarantine measures' in some way are going to be part of our future. Normally I'm not a fan of the genre of dystopia, but this is a very successful example. I think it even is a nice 21st-century variant on Huxley's Brave New World. Especially the basic concept a world in which physical
Rating: 4.5 The book was very good and kept me in the constant state of anticipation. It was in a way an intellectual feast which reminded me of Orwell's "1984".
To make this as short as I possibly can: Juli Zeh is a somewhat entertaining and to some extent even decent writer, but definitely not a great one. In this particular work, she manages to keep up the suspense for a prolonged period of time, but her deliverance, represented by her writing style, is lacking more than just once. One is not surprised to see that she studied law when reading the novel, as the topics of justice and righteousness basically constitute the backbone of the whole story.
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