by Nancy Kress · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440666918
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«Mendigos y opulentos» is the science fiction novel by Nancy Kress, published by Ediciones B in paperback (361 pages, in Spanish).
In a future society with great genetic advancement, the Insomnes remain active many more hours and accumulate more knowledge and power. Against them are the idle Vividores, attended by the Auxiliares, and the Superinsomnes, whose biotechnology is promising and dangerous. Two Vividores and one Auxiliar present their vision of this world in crisis.
Second novel in Nancy Kress's Sleepless series. Originally published in English as 'Beggars and Choosers' (1994), it was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.
For readers of science fiction and dystopias interested in genetic engineering, power, and social inequality.
Nancy Anne Kress is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella Beggars in Spain (1991), which became a novel in 1993. She also won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2013 for After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, and in 2015 for Yesterday's Kin. In addition to her novels, Kress has written numerous short stories and is a regular columnist for Writer's Digest. She is a regular at Clarion Workshops. During the winter of 2008/09, Nancy Kress was the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig, Germany.
