![]() With top of the range restaurants, gyms and boutiques all surrounded by picturesque gardens, with no financial or societal pressures, it seems as if this Scandinavian community really do know how to treat their elders after all.ĭespite this, there is a definite sense of hostility towards those who are deemed ‘useful’ on the outside. Unpredictably, for both Dorrit and the reader, the Unit on first impressions is far better than imagined. ![]() We meet Dorrit as a strong, independent woman on her fiftieth birthday, who is already fully aware of what is in store for her at the Unit. Holmqvist’s The Unit is unlike other stories set in a dystopian future, due to the reality that what’s going on ‘behind the scenes’ is not so much a dirty secret, but something accepted by all – especially our protagonist, Dorrit. ![]() Instead of enjoying your well-earned retirement, you’re being shipped off to what can only be described as secure unit for the ‘dispensable’, where you’re forced to participate in various scientific experiments, whilst they gradually harvest your organs for use in the outside world. Excited? ![]() Imagine this: you’re a woman, your fiftieth birthday (or sixtieth, for the males out there) is quickly approaching, and you’re unwed, without children, and you have a job which isn’t ‘contributing to society’. ![]()
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