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Život na míru
Author: Nikki Erlick
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Boxes appear outside adults' doors, each containing a string that indicates the length of their remaining life. Nikki Erlick asks how knowing one's future would change an entire society.
The unusual phenomenon grows from a personal secret into a source of fear, inequality, and political exploitation. Divisions between short and long strings affect people's opportunities and mutual trust. This speculative novel explores freedom of choice, prejudice, and the value of a life beyond its number of years.
Czech-language edition. Formats: EPUB, PDF, and MOBI.
Boxes appear outside adults' doors, each containing a string that indicates the length of their remaining life. Nikki Erlick asks how knowing one's future would change an entire society.
Book information
- Author
- Nikki Erlick
- Publisher
- Knihy Dobrovský
- Imprint
- Fobos
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- ISBN
- 978-80-277-2064-4
- Publication date
- 1. January 2024
- Pages
- 387
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-277-4831-0) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-277-4833-4) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-277-4832-7)
What is Život na míru about?
The unusual phenomenon grows from a personal secret into a source of fear, inequality, and political exploitation. Divisions between short and long strings affect people's opportunities and mutual trust. This speculative novel explores freedom of choice, prejudice, and the value of a life beyond its number of years.
Themes and motifs
Knowing the future
Awareness of remaining time transforms personal decisions.
Inequality and prejudice
String lengths divide society and affect opportunities.
Freedom and life's value
The novel explores choice and meaning beyond lifespan.
Setting
A society transformed by mysterious boxes that reveal adults' remaining lifespans.
Main characters
The box recipients
Adults whose opportunities and relationships are affected by their string lengths.
Who is this book for?
For adult readers of social speculative fiction and stories involving moral dilemmas.
Book context
Nikki Erlick's speculative social novel uses an unusual phenomenon to examine inequality, trust, and freedom of choice.
Otázky o knihe
Who wrote Život na míru?
Nikki Erlick.
What is the premise?
Adults find boxes containing strings that indicate the length of their remaining lives.
Which themes does the book explore?
Fear of the future, inequality, prejudice, trust, and the value of life.
What are the edition language and formats?
Czech; EPUB, PDF, and MOBI.
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