04280cam a2200817 4500 468418605 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781593764340 1593764340 B07GCGCHWW Amazon d864731b-952c-41c0-8dd0-3aec4c3cc821 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4472709 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wilk, Elvia. Oval [Libby] : A Novel. Soft Skull Press, 2019. Brave New World. oval. dystopia. Berlin. ecological thriller. Don DeLillo. The Idiot. dave eggers. jonathan lethem. social satire. white noise. jeff vandermeer. glow. tom mccarthy. jennifer egan. the circle. Zero Waste. borne. Alexandra Kleeman. Catherine Lacey. Satin Island. Chloe Aridjis. Elif Batuman. Ned Beauman. You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine. a visit from the goon squad. Book of Clouds. ottessa moshfegh. chronic city. Impossible Views of the World. Lucy Ives. My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Andrew Durbin. Elvia Wilk. Empathy pill. MacArthur Park. social thriller. Soft Skull. The Answers. waste neutral. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 781kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:<p><b>Bizarre weather. Unprecedented economic disparity. Artists employed by corporations. And the ultimate work of art: Oval, a pill that increases generosity. This unforgettable debut novel asks questions of empathy and power on every scale—from bodies to bureaucracies—to create an unsettling portrait of the future.</b></p> <p>In the near future, Berlin's real estate is being flipped in the name of "sustainability," only to make the city even more unaffordable; artists are employed by corporations as consultants, and the weather is acting strange. When Anja and Louis are offered a rent-free home on an artificial mountain—yet another eco-friendly initiative run by a corporation—they seize the opportunity, but it isn't long before the experimental house begins malfunctioning.</p> <p>After Louis's mother dies, Anja is convinced he has changed. At work, Louis has become obsessed with a secret project: a pill called Oval that temporarily rewires the user's brain to be more generous. While Anja is horrified, Louis believes he has found the solution to Berlin's income inequality. <i>Oval</i> is a fascinating portrait of the unbalanced relationships that shape our world, as well as a prescient warning of what the future may hold.</p> <p><b>"A fascinating near-future exploration of relationships, sustainability, and power. An extraordinarily accomplished debut novel." —Jeff VanderMeer, author of <i>Borne</i> and <i>Annihilation</i></b></p> <p><b>"Elvia Wilk's <i>Oval</i> is a marvel. At the core of this seductive, acute, superbly-contemporary update of mid-period J.G. Ballard lies a deep-beating, deep-dreaming heart." —Jonathan Lethem</b></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d864731b-952c-41c0-8dd0-3aec4c3cc821&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d864731b-952c-41c0-8dd0-3aec4c3cc821&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d864731b-952c-41c0-8dd0-3aec4c3cc821&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)