
The Resisters
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Narrado por:
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William DeMeritt
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Gish Jen
"The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny, and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for the country both as a cautionary tale and because it is a stone-cold masterpiece. This is Gish Jen's moment. She has pitched a perfect game." (Ann Patchett)
The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica. The land: half under water. The Internet: one part artificial intelligence, one part surveillance technology, and oddly human - even funny. The people: Divided. The angel-fair "Netted" have jobs, and literally occupy the high ground. The "Surplus" live on swampland if they're lucky, on water if they're not.
The story: To a Surplus couple - he once a professor, she still a lawyer - is born a Blasian girl with a golden arm. At two, Gwen is hurling her stuffed animals from the crib; by 10, she can hit whatever target she likes. Her teens find her happily playing in an underground baseball league.
When AutoAmerica rejoins the Olympics, though - with a special eye on beating ChinRussia - Gwen attracts interest. Soon she finds herself playing ball with the Netted even as her mother challenges the very foundations of this divided society.
A moving and important story of an America that seems ever more possible, The Resisters is also the story of one family struggling to maintain its humanity and normalcy in circumstances that threaten their every value - as well as their very existence.
Extraordinary and ordinary, charming and electrifying, this is Gish Jen at her most irresistible.
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“[A] shrewd and provocative near-future novel...[Jen’s] intelligence and control shine through in a chilling portrait of the casual acceptance of totalitarianism.” (Publishers Weekly)
“In this astutely realized and unnervingly possible depiction of a near-future world, Jen masterfully entwines shrewd mischief, knowing compassion, and profound social critique in a suspenseful tale encompassing baseball ardor, family love, newly insidious forms of racism and tyranny, and a wily and righteous resistance movement that declares ‘RIGHT MAKES RIGHT.’” (Donna Seaman, Booklist, starred review)
“Subtle dystopian fiction...beautifully crafted and slyly unsettling... The juxtaposition of America’s pastime and the AI-enabled surveillance state Jen presents here is brilliant.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
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Compelling read, had my attention.
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Well worn dystopian theme made fresh with baseball
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A different view of the singubarrity.
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more of a teen book
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Baseball Bonanza!
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As for the story - my goodness but that was well done! Very well developed dystopian world and lots of good commentary about where the world could head. I can see why some people said there was too much baseball, I'm a fan myself, but the author did get into some serious detail about pitching and training and so forth so if you're super uninterested in baseball, I could see that dragging out for you.
Overall I will definitely listen to this one again!
Well developed and thought provoking
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Fantastic. A modern classic.
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Looking for more like it!
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Sorry as Resistance
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