Vanna, raised as an eloi but secretly intelligent, needs money to help her doll-like sister, who has disappeared. The Eusistocratic Republic of Finland has bred a new human sub-species of receptive, submissive women, called eloi, for sex and procreation, while intelligent, independent women are relegated to menial labor and sterilized so that they do not carry on their defective line. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.įrom the author of the Finlandia Award-winning novel Troll: A Love Story, The Core of the Sun further cements Johanna Sinisalo's reputation as a master of literary speculative fiction and of her country's unique take on it, dubbed 'Finnish weird.' Set in an alternative historical present, in a 'eusistocracy'-an extreme welfare state-that holds public health and social stability above all else, it follows a young woman whose growing addiction to illegal chili peppers leads her on an adventure into a world where love, sex, and free will are all controlled by the state. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice.

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