Fins on ens elevem en la foscor

, #79

332 pages

Català language

Published Sept. 1, 2024 by Sembra Llibres.

ISBN:
978-84-10198-14-2
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5 stars (5 reviews)

Any 2030. Un grup de científics que investiguen el permagel als confins del massís Altai, a Sibèria, queden impactats amb el que hi descobreixen: el cos congelat, momificat i intacte d’una femella prehistòrica. Però l’eufòria de seguida es transforma en pànic. Al seu cervell hi habita un patogen desconegut que no tardarà en transformar-se en una pesta fatídica. El món quedarà a les tenebres durant generacions, i la humanitat haurà de persistir, tossudament, per aprendre a sobreviure i créixer com una espècie en la foscor.

En aquesta commovedora novel·la, Sequoia Nagamatsu presenta un món postapocalíptic apunyalat d’esperança. Un viatge que travessa continents, segles i cossos celestes amb un mosaic de persones entrellaçades que s’aferren a la vida enmig d’una plaga climàtica devastadora. Finalista del prestigiós premi Ursula K. Le Guin i fidel a la seva concepció de la literatura com una arma contra la por, Fins on ens elevem en …

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How High We Go in the Dark

4 stars

A very emotional and structurally interesting book - somewhere between a set of short stories and a set of chapters with very varied styles and points of view.

I loved the ways the stories were connected to each other, and the best of them were absolutely heartrending pictures of grief, fear, and mourning. Many of them did live on in my mind for some time afterwards. But towards the end I felt like some of the broader attempts to pull it all together in one arc didn't quite land for me.

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Worth every minute

5 stars

How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. It will make you weep; it will give you hope and destroy you at the same time. 5 stars.

I meant to read at least ten other books before this one, but when I sat down to check out the first few pages, I just kept reading straight through to the end. The world building style reminded me of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas in that it brought seemingly unrelated stories together woven through with finely connected threads. Each segment has an expertly introduced setting and characters of its own, and the writer brings us into harmony with them all, as well as with the work as a whole.

The ending may not appeal to everyone, and did not quite fully appeal to me, but it works in the context of the book, and I enjoyed the skill with which Nagamatsu …

Von Trauer, Tod (CN!) und der Zukunft der Menschheit

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"How High We Go In the Dark" erzählt die Zukunft der Menschheit mit einer ganz besonderen Prämisse: Ein urzeitliches Virus taut aus dem Permafrost Sibiriens auf und zieht um die Welt - nicht so schnell wie in den letzten Jahren Corona, aber genauso gründlich und viel tödlicher. Anstatt nun aber einen wilden Technothriller zu inszenieren, entscheidet sich Autor Sequoia Nagamtasu dafür, den Umgang der Menschen mit dem allgegenwärtigen Tod und der Trauer in den Blick zu nehmen: Er zeichnet Jahrzehnte, in denen die globale Gesellschaft den Umgang mit dem Tod in den Mittelpunkt rückt. Aus Platzmangel werden neuartige Formen der Beerdigung nötig, die den Angehörigen aber - anders als z. B. Massengräber - ein angemessenes Trauern oder Abschied-Nehmen ermöglichen. Hierzu entwickeln sich neue Wirtschaftszweige und neue Technologien. Gleichzeitig bleibt immer die Hoffnung auf einen Ausweg, eine Impfung oder eine Heilung...

Das Buch ist nicht als zusammenhängende Geschichte erzählt, sondern als …

A hard but beautiful read

5 stars

If I had known ahead of time what the structure and focus of this book was, I probably wouldn't have read it. That would have been my loss.

"How High We Go In the Dark" is a series of interconnected short stories set in the same world. This is not my favorite structural style: I prefer to follow a set of characters from beginning to end. Nagamatsu, though, has a rare talent for sketching out characters you can quickly attach to. I felt sorrowful every time I reached the end of a chapter and had to say goodbye.

In this way, the structure was a good fit for the world itself, and the story the author wanted to tell: one focused on death, loss, and how it transforms us. With some frequency, leaving a character at the end of their chapter meant watching them die.

This is one the most …

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  • American literature