Anninarra – The Future as Possibility
A WORLD WITHOUT WEAPONS. TWO PEOPLE WHO HOLD THE FUTURE IN THEIR HANDS. AND A PLAN THAT THREATENS ALL OF IT.
It is humanity’s greatest experiment, and it lies in the hands of two people. Julia Avalux and Pathein U Tin have been appointed the guardians of the world’s last weapons depot. In a small settlement in the Australian desert, everything initially seems hopeful, but then greed, envy, and possessiveness reassert themselves. And in addition to their love for one another, everything for Julia and Pathein is suddenly put at risk.
How will the future of humanity look? Full of love and shaped by progress, or will the world be destroyed by its own intemperance? A clever, moving utopia about our future as possibility.
Christian Buske lives and works in Schleswig-Holstein. The daily negative headlines about world events and their literary interpretation in apocalypse dramas and dystopias prompted him to develop an alternative vision. What might a world look like where humanity’s fundamental problems, such as war, hunger, and environmental destruction, have been solved and humanity’s long-term survival on Earth has been secured?
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Excerpt from the book
It’s finally time. The president of the Circle of One Thousand stands up and looks engagingly out into the crowd from the middle of the stage.
“The last instruments of war,” she calls into the assembly, “have been brought to Anninarra this morning. Concurrently, all of the states of the world have agreed on the complete demilitarization, including the dissolution of all military structures. With that, we’ve fulfilled the essential objective to which we committed ourselves in the Agreements of Maropeng. Never again will a state have the opportunity to wage war. As much as we’re unwilling to tolerate violence between individuals, we can no longer tolerate the use of violence between states. I thank you all, honored heads of state and government leaders, that in the end, you energetically supported this great change that grew out of the ranks of the world’s population.”
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Distribution (German edition)
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ISBN: 978-3-96666-093-8
Hardcover, 304 pages, 14,8 × 21,0 cm, ca. 550 g, € 24.80
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