Holmqvist, Ninni, 1958-

The unit : a novel / Ninni Holmqvist ; translated by Marlaine Delargy. - New York : Other Press, ©2008. - 268 pages ; 22 cm

"Originally published in Swedish as Enhet by Norstedts, Sweden, in 2006"--Title page verso.

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?


Translated from the Swedish.

9781590513132 1590513134 9781590513330 1590513339

2008046294


Middle-aged women--Fiction.
Health facilities--Fiction.
Human experimentation in medicine--Fiction.
Human Experimentation.
Organ Transplantation.
Health Facilities.
Women.
Middle Aged.
Love.
Health facilities.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Middle-aged women.


Fictional Works.
Psychological fiction.
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Dystopias.
Psychological fiction.

PT9876.18.O3324 / .E5413 2009

839.73/8

PT 9876.18 .O3324 / E59 2006t