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Author:

Holmqvist, Ninni, 1958-

Title:

The unit : a novel / Ninni Holmqvist ; translated by Marlaine Delargy.

Publisher:

Other Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

268 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Middle-aged women--Fiction.
Health facilities--Fiction.
Human experimentation in medicine--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Dystopias.
Human Experimentation--Fictional Works.
Organ Transplantation--Fictional Works.
Health Facilities--Fictional Works.
Women--Fictional Works.
Middle Aged--Fictional Works.
Love--Fictional Works.

Other Authors:

Delargy, Marlaine.

Other Titles:

Enhet. English

Notes:

"Originally published in Swedish as Enhet by Norstedts, Sweden, in 2006"--T.p. verso.

Summary:

In the Society, men and women past middle age who are single, childless, and without jobs in progressive industries are considered outsiders and are sequestered. They are kept healthy and are expected to gradually donate their organs to the "necessary" ones. But suppose two people who live in the Unit should fall in love?

ISBN:

1590513339 (electronic text)
9781590513330 (electronic text)
1590513134 (hardcover)
9781590513132 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)259266231

LCCN:

2008046294

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)