The core of the sun
Sinisalo, Johanna, 1958-2016
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F SINIScience Fiction | Available |
The Eusistocratic Republic of Finland has bred a new human sub-species of receptive, submissive women, called eloi, for sex and procreation, while intelligent, independent women are relegated to menial labour and sterilised. Vanna, raised as an eloi but secretly intelligent, needs money to help her doll-like sister, Manna. Vanna forms a friendship with a man named Jare, and they become involved in buying and selling a stimulant known to the Health Authority to be extremely dangerous: chilli peppers. Then Manna disappears, and Jare comes across a strange religious cult in possession of the Core of the Sun, a chilli so hot that it is rumoured to cause hallucinations. Does this chilli have effects that justify its prohibition? How did Finland turn into the North Korea of Europe? And will Vanna succeed in her quest to find her sister, or will her growing need to satisfy her chilli addiction destroy her?
Main title:
The core of the sun / Johanna Sinisalo ; translated from the Finnish by Lola Rogers.
Author:
Sinisalo, Johanna, 1958-, authorRogers, Lola, translator
Imprint:
New York : Grove Press Atlantic MO, 2016.©2016
Collation:
306 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published as Auringon ydin.
ISBN:
9781611855371 (paperback)
Dewey class:
894.54134
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
375008
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F SINIScience Fiction | Available |