Oval
of Elvia Wilk (Goodreads Author)
Description
In the near future, Berlinâs real estate is being flipped in the name of âsustainability,â only to make the city even more unaffordable; artists are employed by corporations as consultants; and the weather is acting strange. In search of affordable housing, young couple Anja and Louis move into a community on an artificial mountain, The Bergâyet another âeco-friendlyâ initiative run by a corporation called Finster. Theyâre offered a home rent-free in exchange for keeping quiet about the seriously malfunctioning infrastructure of the experimental house.But when Louis returns home from his motherâs funeral in America, Anja is convinced he has changed. He seems to be in denial of his grief and newly idealistic, consumed by a secret project at the NGO where he works as an artist-consultant. Anja is horrified when she discovers what Louis has invented: a pill called Oval that temporarily rewires the userâs brain to be more generous. Louis is convinced that if he can introduce the drug into the Berlin club scene, he can finally remedy the income disparity that has made Berlin so unlivable. Oval is a fascinating portrait of the unbalanced relationships that shape our world, as well as a prescient warning of what the future may hold.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320 pages
- Publisher Soft Skull Press
- Publication Date June 4th 2019
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781593764050
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Berlin (Germany)']
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