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The Mark
Fríða Ísberg
- Faber & Faber
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Publisher | Faber & Faber |
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ISBN | 9780571376742 |
Publication date | June 2024 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | mm |
Pages | 256 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
The Icelandic Psychological Association has prepared a test. They call it a sensitivity assessment -- a way of measuring a person's empathy and identifying the potential for anti-social behaviour.
In a few days' time, Iceland will vote on whether to make the test compulsory for every citizen. The nation is bitterly divided. Some believe the test makes society safer; others decry it as a violation.
As the referendum draws closer, four people - Vetur, Eyja, Tristan and Ólafur - find themselves caught in the teeth of the debate. Each of them will have to reckon with uncomfortable questions: Where do the rights of society end and the rights of the individual begin? When does utopia become dystopia?
No matter which side wins, they will all have to find a way to live with the result.
The Mark