But she soon falls in love, and this unexpected, improbable happiness throws the future into doubt. Jessica Crispin, NPR.org Ninni Holmqvists eerie dystopian novel. When Dorrit Weger arrives at the Unit, she resigns herself to this fate, seeking only peace in her final days. Books by Ninni Holmqvist The Unit 9781780747217 Oneworld Publications V9781780747217. It's an idyllic place, but there's a catch: the residents-known as dispensables-must donate their organs, one by one, until the final donation. They're given lavish apartments set amongst beautiful gardens and state-of-the-art facilities they're fed elaborate gourmet meals, surrounded by others just like them. Ninni Holmqvist's uncanny dystopian novel envisions a society in the not-so-distant future, where women over fifty and men over sixty who are unmarried and childless are sent to a retirement community called the Unit. The Unit is a dystopian novel about the value of human life and the desperation of the human heart in which, much like The Handmaid’s Tale, the dystopia feels all too possible. "Echoing work by Marge Piercy and Margaret Atwood, The Unit is as thought-provoking as it is compulsively readable." -Jessica Crispin, NPR.org "I enjoyed The Unit very much.I know you will be riveted, as I was." -Margaret Atwood on TwitterĪ modern day classic and a chilling cautionary tale for fans of The Handmaid's Tale.
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