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Freezing Point (Faber Editions)
'A dazzling, deadpan nightmare.' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time
Series: Faber Editions
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You don't own yourself any longer. Society owns you. Had it not been for society, you would not be lying here now. Bruno, a young magazine editor, seems to live a charmed life until he discovers a growth on his neck—the first sign of incurable cancer....
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A lost dystopian classic, set in a future without death.
A lost dystopian classic, set in a future without death, introduced by Sophie Mackintosh, for fans of Jeff VanderMeer, Emily St. John Mandel, and Jacqueline Harpman's I Who Have Never Known Men.
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You don't own yourself any longer. Society owns you. Had it not been for society, you would not be lying here now.
Bruno, a young magazine editor, seems to live a charmed life until he discovers a growth on his neck—the first sign of incurable cancer. However, his doctor offers him a unique opportunity: Bruno can choose to be 'frozen down' until medical science has found a cure for his condition. He makes his decision just after meeting and falling in love with an enigmatic ballet dancer.
Decades later, he wakes up to find himself cured, but the world is now a very different place. Freezing technology is ubiquitous, the pleasures of life have been subtly drained, and society has started to fracture. Bruno must decide what he really wants from his life and whether it's worth the cost.
Fans of dystopian fiction will love this creepingly claustrophobic classic, which asks all the big questions about ageing, death, scientific progress, and the meaning of life.
With a new foreword by Sophie Mackintosh
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Freezing Point (Faber Editions)
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571393381
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Introduction by Sophie Mackintosh
- Translated by Joan Tate
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Anders Bodelsen (1937-2021) was a Danish journalist and writer primarily associated with the 1960 new-realism wave in Danish literature. He is most famous for his crime novels, many of which have been adapted for the screen, such as Think of a Number (1968) filmed as The Silent Partner (1978), starring Elliot Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York. He was awarded several Danish awards including the Golden Laurels and the Critics' Award.
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