Name: Corpus Delicti
Rating: 3.509615384615385 (52 reviews)
ISBN: 9783641242701

Juli Zeh

Jung, attraktiv, begabt und unabhängig: Das ist Mia Holl, eine Frau von dreißig Jahren, die sich vor einem Schwurgericht verantworten muss. Zur Last gelegt wird ihr ein Zuviel an Liebe (zu ihrem Bruder), ein Zuviel an Verstand (sie denkt naturwissenschaftlich) und ein Übermaß an geistiger Unabhängigkeit. In einer Gesellschaft, in der die Sorge um den Körper alle geistigen Werte verdrängt hat, reicht dies aus, um als gefährliches Subjekt eingestuft zu werden. Juli Zeh entwirft in Corpus Delicti das spannende Science-Fiction-Szenario einer Gesundheitsdiktatur irgendwann im 21. Jahrhundert, in der Gesundheit zur höchsten Bürgerpflicht geworden ist.

Ein Prozess

Corpus Delicti

Mia's life is falling apart. Her brother was found dead following a conviction for rape, and now she no longer works, exercises or cleans up after herself. Before long she is summoned before the court, charged with failure to provide her medical data as required by the state. Mia is young, beautiful and a successful scientist, and it is not only her actions but also her intellect that mark her as subversive. When she begins to challenge her brother's conviction, and by implication The Method that keeps society running smoothly, she comes up against the full force of a regime determined to control every aspect of its citizens' lives.

The Method

brilliant, succinct narrative dissection of the predicament of psychotic subjects vis-à-vis the ceaselessly self-propagating logics of contemporary capitalist biopsychopolitics, a cerebral novel philosophically in the same vein as hatred of sex by oliver davis and tim dean

eris

Deutschland 2057: Mia Holls Bruder Moritz wird des Mordes an einer Frau überführt und hat sich im Gefängnis umgebracht. Das wirft Mia aus der Bahn. Die Justiz nimmt sie ins Visier, denn ihr Verhalten gefährdet das Gemeinwohl. Mia wird zum Spielball eines Schauprozesses, der die Nation in Atem hält. - Kunstvoller, metaphernreicher Roman über ein totalitäres System.

ein Prozess

irgendwie versteht man auch warum juli zeh corona leugnerin ist

Josua Backmann

Left Quark

Ein Pageturner, indem die Schriftstellerin eine dystopische Weltordnung ausgedacht hat nach Corona aber in 2009.

Eines der besten Bücher, die ich je für die Schule lesen musste. Die Gegenwart wurde faszinierend auf die Zukunft projiziert.

Jana

Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method, where good health is the highest duty of the citizen. Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young and beautiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient but with an intellect that marks her as subversive. Convinced that her brother has been wrongfully convicted of a terrible crime, Mia comes up against the full force of a regime determined to control every aspect of its citizens' lives.

Pia Sophia

When I saw we had to read this book for our Health Promotion course at University, I was happily surprised. This sounds like something I'd love! But alas, I didn't love it. 

Surely there were some parts that stood out to me and that I liked, and I feel like this could have truly been an enjoyable read, were it not for the novel being too fast-paced. I would have liked more detail and more suspense, more emotions, if you wish. I must say that it did feel eerie at times, being as we're all living in a pandemic that isn't looking to end soon, but it was more the reminder of that fact than the story itself that made me feel squeamish at times. 

I did like Mia's character, though. Just wish I knew more about her.

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