Borderliners
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Overview
National Bestseller
Strange things are happening at Biehl's Academy when this elite school opens its doors to a group of orphans and reform-school rejects, kids at the end of the system's tether. But the school is run by a peculiar set of rules by which every minute is regimented and controlled. The children soon suspect that they are guinea pigs in a bizarre social experiment, and that their only hope of escape is to break through a dangerous threshold of time and space. Peter Høeg's "brilliant" and dystopian Borderliners is a "uniquely philosophical thriller" (Boston Sunday Globe) and a haunting story of childhood travail and hope.
The bestselling author of Smilla's Sense of Snow returns with a disturbing, sometimes brutal thriller. 4 cassettes.
Synopsis
National Bestseller
Strange things are happening at Biehl's Academy when this elite school opens its doors to a group of orphans and reform-school rejects, kids at the end of the system's tether. But the school is run by a peculiar set of rules by which every minute is regimented and controlled. The children soon suspect that they are guinea pigs in a bizarre social experiment, and that their only hope of escape is to break through a dangerous threshold of time and space. Peter Høeg's "brilliant" and dystopian Borderliners is a "uniquely philosophical thriller" (Boston Sunday Globe) and a haunting story of childhood travail and hope.
Michiko Kakutani
"Borderliners" is a willfully elliptical narrative that often tries the reader's patience. . . . These highly abstract soliloquies are apparently meant to add resonance to Peter's story, and to underscore one of the novel's central themes concerning the dehumanizing effects of science and the scientific method. Unfortunately they have another effect entirely: they weigh the story down, turning what might have been a deeply affecting story about a young boy's painful coming of age into a lugubrious and strangely impersonal allegory. -- New York Times
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Brilliant . . . [a] uniquely philosophical thriller."—The Boston Sunday Globe"A brilliant novel of shattering force."—Entertainment Weekly
"Gripping and disturbing . . . Høeg's evocation of the way a child perceives the world is alarmingly vivid."—USA Today
"The Catcher in the Rye meets A Brief History of Time. . . . Brilliantly tormenting and philosophically haunting."—Glamour
"An honest novel that once again demonstrates Høeg's talent and integrity."—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
"A beautiful and satisfying book, reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange or Lord of the Flies."—Orlando Sentinel
"Powerful . . . well-crafted suspense . . . Just as with Smilla's Sense of Snow, one question hangs in the air when the last page is turned: When do we get his next book?"—Newsweek