From Kazakhstan to Senegal to Hong Kong, from the 1970s to the mid-21st century, these early stories by one of Americas most unpredictable writers examine the hyperconnected transcultural world of today. They are a celebration of M. M. Bakhtins assertion: "Truth is not born nor is it to be found inside the head of an individual person, it is born between people collectively searching for truth, in the process of their dialogic interaction."
From Kazakhstan to Senegal to Hong Kong, from the 1970s to the mid-21st century, these early stories by one of Americas most unpredictable writers exa...
A secret genetic experiment on inner-city families produces chronically ill but brilliant children whose suffering spawns a multibillion-dollar genetics industry. One of these children, studying his own DNA, condemns this "Program" for designing narrow human breeds who are merely "the maximization of a discreet set of abilities." By redesigning the human being of tomorrow, in DNA, he becomes the biggest enemy of an industry - and society - increasingly devoted to deepening racial divides...
A secret genetic experiment on inner-city families produces chronically ill but brilliant children whose suffering spawns a multibillion-dollar geneti...
