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Vanishing World

Sayaka Murata

From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial insemination Sayaka Murata has proven herself to be one of the most exciting chroniclers of the strangeness of society, x-raying our contemporary world to bizarre and troubling effect. Her depictions of a happily unmarried retail worker in Convenience Store Woman and a young woman convinced she is an alien in Earthlings have endeared her to millions of readers worldwide. Vanishing World takes Murata’s universe to a bold new level, imagining an alternative Japan where attitudes to sex and procreation are wildly different to our own. As a girl, Amane realizes with horror that her parents “copulated” in order to bring her into the world, rather than using artificial insemination, which became the norm in the mid-twentieth century. Amane strives to get away from what she considers an indoctrination in this strange “system” by her mother, but her infatuations with both anime characters and real people have a sexual force that is undeniable. As an adult in an appropriately sexless marriage—sex between married couples is now considered as taboo as incest—Amane and her husband Saku decide to go and live in a mysterious new town called Experiment City or Paradise-Eden, where all children are raised communally, and every person is considered a Mother to all children. Men are beginning to become pregnant using artificial wombs that sit outside of their bodies like balloons, and children are nameless, called only “Kodomo-chan.” Is this the new world that will purify Amane of her strangeness once and for all?

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The Double

José Saramago

Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is a history teacher in a secondary school. He is divorced, involved in a rather one-sided relationship with a bank clerk, and he is depressed. To lift his depression, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film and is unimpressed. During the night, noises in his apartment wake him. He goes into the living room to find that the VCR is replaying the video, and as he watches in astonishment, he sees an actor who looks exactly like him - or, more specifically, exactly like the man he was five years before, moustachioed and fuller in the face. He sleeps badly. Against his own better judgement, Tertuliano decides to pursue his double. As he establishes the man's identity, what begins as a whimsical story becomes a dark meditation on identity and, perhaps, on the crass assumptions behind cloning - that we are merely our outward appearance rather than the sum of our experiences.

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niddi

Jun 21, 2025

4.0

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I learnt a lot by reading this. Admittedly, some passages were a bit difficult to understand, but I just stuck untill I grasped them (kinda). I always feel like I need to know more and more, especially about topics like this one. It's frustrating. This book invites us to actively contribute to the change we want to see in our societies. Ignoring the issue won't make things easier in the long run. It's hard to grasp your head around it, I think. I will need to reflect more about this book and in general.

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How many reading at once?

I'm currently reading three books at once (one is for a book club), and I was wondering: Do you like reading just one book at a time or you'd rather pick more titles and read them simultaneously?

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Favorite read of June so far?

How has everyone's June been? Read anything good? My favorite so far is my reread of the Outsiders since it has been my favorite book since 8th grade when I had to read it!

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The Double

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Il capitale nell'Antropocene

Kōhei Saitō

Il libro di economia piú eversivo del decennio.Il capitalismo non ci guiderà fuori dalla crisi. Qualsiasi ricetta economica basata su una crescita continua porta alla distruzione del pianeta. L'unica possibilità è tirare il freno. E Marx, al riguardo, ha qualcosa da insegnarci. Il manifesto politico-economico con cui tutte le sinistre del mondo devono confrontarsi. «È arrivato il momento di prendere nuovamente sul serio le idee di Marx». Der Spiegel «Questo libro non è rivolto solo agli ecologisti o a chi si interessa dei problemi del capitalismo globale, è indispensabile per chiunque voglia sopravvivere, cioè tutti noi». Slavoj Zizek «Un modello fattibile per riorientare la società intorno al benessere collettivo anziché alla continua ricerca della ricchezza». The New York Times «Saito Kohei è la nuova pop star della critica al capitalismo, il nuovo Piketty». Berliner MorgenpostIn un periodo di ecoansia, in cui fenomeni sempre piú estremi ci costringono a fare i conti con l'abitabilità di alcune parti del globo e con la sostenibilità del nostro modo di vivere, Saitoˉ irrompe nel dibattito con proposte coraggiose, radicali e meditate. Il tecno-utopismo, il Green New Deal, l'ecologismo di facciata delle aziende non sono una soluzione. E i piccoli gesti quotidiani dei singoli non sono sufficienti. Se non accettiamo l'idea che le risorse sono limitate e non affrontiamo il problema delle disuguaglianze, siamo destinati alla rovina. Dobbiamo tornare all'essenziale, alle cose concrete, alla comunità. Riscoprire, insomma, quella che Marx definiva «la relazione metabolica tra uomo e natura».

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Jun 17, 2025

4.5

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I watched the movie and decided I wanted to read the short story behind it. I liked it and I think it's genuinely good. It's crude and desolate, yet concise: every word carries weight, and it's clear it was deeply thought out. I do prefer the movie, but simply because it feels longer and I love the acting, but that's on me.

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

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Jun 10, 2025

3.5

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I think the analysis is good in a way, even if of course you can't agree on everything. The first chapters are enjoyable and informative, but then it quickly becomes very repetitive. Anyway, I'm glad I read this and I recommend it to anyone who wants to know a bit more about human history.

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reader's block

unfortunately my brain works in compartments and now I entered the "movies" one and the "books" one is just closed at the moment. so I'm on reader's block but I finally unlocked the movie watcher's block ??? I missed movies tbh but now I feel horrible for all the books I bought. do you think it is fair to call this "reader's block"? does it happen to you? how do you deal with it?

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The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2)

Maggie Stiefvater

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after…

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After reading Book 1...

do you read Book 2 right away (if you liked Book 1) or read something new as a palate cleanser from the series?

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What are your comfort books?

In my mind, comfort books (or series) are more than just a favorite you revisit occasionally. They’re books you might reread every year, or that you turn to when you need something familiar and welcoming. They might be connected to a specific memory or time in your life, or gifted to you by someone special. Or the story just resonates with you in a way that brings you comfort. Here are mine: -The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo -The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare -Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson -A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

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