The Compensation Bureau - Ariel Dorfman - Books - OR Books - 9781682195000 - September 14, 2021
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The Compensation Bureau

Ariel Dorfman

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The Compensation Bureau

"I have created for each of you a fate, one tailored specifically for your needs and desires. Each of you has a defining moment-not before, not after-when a wrong turn or decision led to the disastrous outcome that you and I mourn. To isolate that malignant moment is an exacting, exhaustive process, which only the most well-trained and competent professionals, armed with the most sophisticated of predictive models and processing power, can accomplish. You can put your trust in me, as you would in an expert surgeon, a surgeon of the soul."


On a distant planet overlooking Earth, the nameless protagonist of The Compensation Bureau is one of a team of Actuaries at work on the innovative Lazarus Project. Conceived in response to the shocking violence observed in humankind, the project identifies people who have wrongfully died at the hands of others-whether victims of war, hate crimes, or random brutality-and attempts to compensate for the cruelty and pain they faced in life and death.


But balancing the accounts for the sufferings and wrongdoings of humanity proves hardly a clinical exercise. The Actuary soon finds himself personally invested in the project's mission, and the goals of the project itself are complicated as the fate of Earth's inhabitants becomes more uncertain. The Compensation Bureau explores the power of individual and collective action, from a writer hailed by The Washington Post as "a world-novelist of the first category."


112 pages, No

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 14, 2021
ISBN13 9781682195000
Publishers OR Books
Pages 112
Dimensions 127 × 177 × 7 mm   ·   113 g
Language English  

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