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portada Satire State
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
112
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.6x14x0.6 cm
ISBN13
9780979827563

Satire State

Di Pensare, Christina (Author) · Mirare Press · Paperback

Satire State - Di Pensare, Christina

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Synopsis "Satire State"

Satire State: Dispatches from the Obedient Republic by Christina di PensareWhat if democracy didn't die in darkness-but in daylight, with polite applause and a standing ovation? In this searing collection of satirical fables, Christina di Pensare takes aim at the absurdities of authoritarianism disguised as order, obedience, and patriotic performance.With sharp wit and dark hilarity, di Pensare issues a series of dispatches from the Obedient Republic -each more chilling, absurd, and uncomfortably familiar than the last-that chart the bureaucratic banality of modern authoritarianism. In the Obedient Republic, citizens nod hourly, perform thrice-daily nationally-mandated splits, and wear matching crutches in solidarity with their Supreme Leader's stubbed toe.No feeling is safe. No metaphor is approved. No citizen is taller than the President.From ministries that ban cutlery and metaphors, to trials for teenagers who dared to moon the Presidential motorcade, Satire State conjures a nation teetering on the edge of madness-one bureaucratic decree at a time. Reminiscent of the dark irony of Jonathan Swift, the gallows humor of George Saunders, and the prophetic sting of George Orwell, these dispatches read like parody-until they don't. These aren't warnings from the future. They're funhouse reflections of the present. Satire State is laugh-out-loud funny-until it isn't.

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