King of pain
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King of pain
24.99 €
These are Jacek Dukaj's five incredible worlds, several astonishing futures and presents in which the world has been transformed so dramatically that it is radically different from our own.
This is a future in which biological research is so cheap and widespread that it has completely redrawn the global political map and humanity itself, and uncontrolled genetic programs give rise to a completely different life.
This is a world where people initially have not five but six senses, where culture and art develop according to different laws, and where text itself describes what cannot be expressed in words.
This is a future in which the problems of hunger and war have been solved, where abundance reigns, but people have lost their purpose, and there are professionals who invent the meaning of life for others.
And finally, this is a world where, in 1986, an object crashed to Earth, resurrecting not only the dead but also the environment in which they lived, resulting in the blending of historical eras, wars, and spaces.
These are paradoxical, unexpected lyrics, where truly original ideas are combined with brilliant execution and a well-considered style.
This is a future in which biological research is so cheap and widespread that it has completely redrawn the global political map and humanity itself, and uncontrolled genetic programs give rise to a completely different life.
This is a world where people initially have not five but six senses, where culture and art develop according to different laws, and where text itself describes what cannot be expressed in words.
This is a future in which the problems of hunger and war have been solved, where abundance reigns, but people have lost their purpose, and there are professionals who invent the meaning of life for others.
And finally, this is a world where, in 1986, an object crashed to Earth, resurrecting not only the dead but also the environment in which they lived, resulting in the blending of historical eras, wars, and spaces.
These are paradoxical, unexpected lyrics, where truly original ideas are combined with brilliant execution and a well-considered style.
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