"[A] riveting, and original, achievement."--WIRED From
award-winning Spanish author Ray Loriga comes a dystopian novel
about authority, manipulation, and the disappearance of privacy
that "calls to mind The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [and]
Blindness by Jose Saramago" (Alfaguara Prize Winner Citation). Ten
long years have passed since war first broke out, and one couple
still does not know the whereabouts of their children, or what
their country is even fighting for. They follow orders and their
lives go by simply, routinely, until--one day--a mute boy walks
onto their property. When the authorities announce that the area
needs to be evacuated and that everyone must relocate to "the
transparent city," the three leave together. At first, the city
proves to be a paradise: a stunning glass dome of endless highways,
buildings, trains, and markets. Everything its inhabitants need is
provided to them--food, protection, shelter--and the family
quickly, unquestioningly, settles into their new life. But, soon, a
sinister underlay begins to emerge. Neither secrets nor walls are
permitted here, and strict order, authoritarian calm, and
transparency must always reign supreme. In a society in which
everything private is public, the most chilling portent of our
future emerges. Surrender is an urgent novel about dignity and
rebellion and the lengths we go to preserve love, hope, and
humanity. "Loriga envisions in this gripping tale an unsettling
dystopia in which all secrets are forbidden...This memorable
page-turner will appeal to fans of Brave New World."--Publishers
Weekly
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