by Nancy Kress · BOLSILLO BYBLOS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466628822
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«Mendigos y opulentos» is the science fiction novel by Nancy Kress, published by Bolsillo Byblos in paperback (480 pages, in Spanish).
In a future society, genetic engineering opens a gap between the elite and the marginalized. The population is divided into idle Vividores, Auxiliaries who serve them, and Insomnes, a lineage able to remain active for more hours and with gifted descendants. Two Vividores and one Auxiliary offer their view of this social order.
Second installment of the series «Los insomnes», originally published as «Beggars and Choosers» in 1994 and translated into Spanish by Elsa Mateo.
For science fiction readers interested in dystopias and the social dilemmas of biotechnology.
Nancy Anne Kress is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella Beggars in Spain (1991), which became a novel in 1993. She also won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2013 for After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, and in 2015 for Yesterday's Kin. In addition to her novels, Kress has written numerous short stories and is a regular columnist for Writer's Digest. She is a regular at Clarion Workshops. During the winter of 2008/09, Nancy Kress was the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig, Germany.
