Counterweight
Djuna ; translated from the Korean by Anton Hur
Bok Bokmål 2023 · Roman
| Medvirkende | Hur, Anton ( Oversetter )
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| Utgitt | New York : Pantheon Books , 2023
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| Omfang | 156 sider
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| Opplysninger | On the fictional island of Patusan the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth’s orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator’s “spider cable” taut, is a mass of space junk known as the counterweight. And stashed within that junk is a trove of crucial data: a memory fragment left by LK’s former CEO, the control of which will determine the company’s - and humanity’s - future. Racing up the elevator to retrieve the data is a host of rival forces: Mac, the novel’s narrator and LK’s chief of External Affairs, increasingly disillusioned with his employer; the everyman Choi Gangwu, unwittingly at the center of Mac’s investigations; the former CEO’s brilliant niece and power-hungry son; and Rex Tamaki, a violent officer in LK’s Security Division. They’re all caught in a labyrinth of fake identities, neuro-implants called Worms, and old political grievances held by the Patusan Liberation Front, the army of island natives determined to protect Patusan’s sovereignty.
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| ISBN | 978-0-593-31721-1 : Nkr 330 .00
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