by Robert Silverberg · J'ai Lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782277221197
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«Shadrak dans la fournaise» is the science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, published by J'ai Lu in paperback (317 pages, in French).
In a 21st-century future, a tyrant rules a world ravaged by chaos and a plague of putrefaction. His personal physician, Shadrak, assists him while the regime pursues three immortality projects; the most sinister, Avatar, aims to transfer the dictator's personality into a young body. The novel reflects on absolute power and the limits of medicine.
Original work from 1976, «Shadrach in the Furnace», translated into French by Robert Louit. Finalist for the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel and winner of the Prix Cosmos 2000.
For readers of political dystopias and classic science fiction seeking a 1970s work with reflections on power and medicine.
Robert Silverberg is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF since 2004.
