The Unit
A Novel
-
-
4.2 • 43 Ratings
-
-
- $6.99
Publisher Description
"I enjoyed The Unit very much...I know you will be riveted, as I was." —Margaret Atwood on Twitter
A modern day classic and a chilling cautionary tale for fans of The Handmaid's Tale. Named a BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH by GQ.
“Echoing work by Marge Piercy and Margaret Atwood, The Unit is as thought-provoking as it is compulsively readable.” —Jessica Crispin, NPR.org
Ninni Holmqvist’s uncanny dystopian novel envisions a society in the not-so-distant future, where women over fifty and men over sixty who are unmarried and childless are sent to a retirement community called the Unit. They’re given lavish apartments set amongst beautiful gardens and state-of-the-art facilities; they’re fed elaborate gourmet meals, surrounded by others just like them. It’s an idyllic place, but there’s a catch: the residents—known as dispensables—must donate their organs, one by one, until the final donation. When Dorrit Weger arrives at the Unit, she resigns herself to this fate, seeking only peace in her final days. But she soon falls in love, and this unexpected, improbable happiness throws the future into doubt.
Customer Reviews
Boring and Wordy
This book reads like an account of a middle-aged single woman going to a really nice Assisted Living Facility. The book only uses the loose premise of "The Unit" as an excuse not to be classified as chick-lit.
You can pretty much read the Book Description and get more satisfaction that I did with this book.
Maybe I read too much Hemingway, but Ninni needs to lose some adjectives and descriptions!