Matthew Baker - Egy hard nap Utópiában

Matthew Baker's short stories focus on America, and in each of them the author raises the same exciting question: what happens to the country and its inhabitants if we change something in it, no matter how small? The thirteen stories in the book offer an insight into different Americas using the tools of fiction, satire, dystopia and science fiction: one where children are separated from their parents at the moment of their birth; where the elderly commit ritual suicide in their seventies so as not to be a burden to their families; where criminals are rehabilitated by erasing their memories and released back into society. But we can see what happens when the country is ruled by women and there are very few men left alive, and we can also witness a truly historic moment: when a small town in Texas decides to secede from America and create its own micro-nation.

A Hard Day in Utopia tackles the most important social issues of our time, yet no two stories are the same. Baker's distinctively unique, compelling prose stays with the reader for a long time, as visions of the future unfold before him that could become reality at any moment.