Dengue boy a novel
The protagonist of this story has no understanding of the words “winter”," cold”, or "snow" because he has never experienced the phenomena they describe. We find ourselves in Victorica, a province of La Pampa, Argentina, some time after 2197 -- the year in which the last of the Antarctic icecaps mel...
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| Language: | English Spanish |
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New York :
Astra House,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Nieva, Michel, |d 1988- |e author. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Infancia del mundo. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Dengue boy : |b a novel / |c Michel Nieva ; translation by Rahul Bery. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Astra House, |c 2025. | |
| 300 | |a 205 pages : |b map ; |c 19 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a "Dengue Boy was first published as La infancia del mundo by Editorial Anagrama, S.A., 2023"--Title page verso. | ||
| 520 | |a The protagonist of this story has no understanding of the words “winter”," cold”, or "snow" because he has never experienced the phenomena they describe. We find ourselves in Victorica, a province of La Pampa, Argentina, some time after 2197 -- the year in which the last of the Antarctic icecaps melted and an unprecedented climate catastrophe ensued, radically transforming the landscape of the region into a Caribbean Pampas. It is here that the Dengue Child grows up, a mutant mix of child and mosquito, the result of crazy experimenting driven by ultra-capitalistic corporations racing against each other to own viruses and their cures, destroying even their very own children's existence to cash in on the stock exchange. Another of the surprising effects of the thaw is the appearance of powerful telepathic pebbles from the bowels of the earth that seem to encapsulate the world's original wisdom, and which are the subject of lucrative smuggling. Meanwhile, the wealthy of the region chose to cruise around on ships where they can experience ice-skating and hand carve ice from valuable remains of glaciers. In their ultra-air conditioned homes, their kids play Indians vs Christians, a brutal video game set in the historical 19th century. | ||
| 546 | |a In English, translated from the Spanish. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Mutation (Biology) |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Viruses |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Corporations |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Climatic changes |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Argentina |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Coming-of-age fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Science fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Dystopian fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Cyberpunk fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bery, Rahul, |e translator. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Nieva, Michel, 1988- |t Dengue boy. |b First edition. |d New York : Astra House, 2025 |z 9781662602641 |w (DLC) 2024034258 |
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