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LivingThingsfollows four recent graduates Munir, G,Ernesto and Álex who travel from Madrid to the southof France to work the grape harvest. Except things don'tgo as planned: they end up working on an industrialchicken farm and living on a campsite, where a generalsense of menace takes hold. What follows is a compellingand incisive examination of precarious employment,capitalism, immigration and the mass production oflivingthings, all interwoven with the protagonist's thoughts onliterature and the nature of storytelling.A genre-bendingand dystopian eco-thriller,LivingThingsis a punk-likeblend of Roberto Bolaño'sThe Savage DetectivesandSamanta Schweblin'sFever Dream, heralding an excitingnew voice in international fiction.

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    A Paperback by Munir Hachemi

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      Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
      Publication Date: 6/20/2024
      ISBN13: 9781804270875, 978-1804270875
      ISBN10: 1804270873
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      Book Synopsis

      LivingThingsfollows four recent graduates Munir, G,Ernesto and Álex who travel from Madrid to the southof France to work the grape harvest. Except things don'tgo as planned: they end up working on an industrialchicken farm and living on a campsite, where a generalsense of menace takes hold. What follows is a compellingand incisive examination of precarious employment,capitalism, immigration and the mass production oflivingthings, all interwoven with the protagonist's thoughts onliterature and the nature of storytelling.A genre-bendingand dystopian eco-thriller,LivingThingsis a punk-likeblend of Roberto Bolaño'sThe Savage DetectivesandSamanta Schweblin'sFever Dream, heralding an excitingnew voice in international fiction.

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