by Jean-Christophe Rufin · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433970657
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Globalia is a novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin that offers a bold political satire on neoliberal democracy. Set in a future where national and racial differences have been overcome by a universal democracy, society enjoys health and prosperity, albeit at the cost of consumerist conformism. Citizens, radical environmentalists and addicted to cosmetic surgery, are kept in a state of media self-absorption and frightened by terrorist attacks. Faced with the decrease of these attacks, the globalian authorities decide to create a New Enemy to guarantee terror, using an element of the system to reinforce their values. The novel is a fun farce of contemporary society and a reflection on a possible future.
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.
