Paradise

7 hrs. 33 min.

Language Russian

Author Ksenia Kornilova

Narrator Semyon Vashchenko

Description

No one knows what the future will be, but everyone is sure that humanity will build paradise on Earth. To do that, genetic engineers have taught children of criminals to have a special gene implanted that will bring a shameful mark— a tag— to their faces, by which a potential criminal can be identified in a matter of seconds. The main hero, named Ryan, will try to rewrite the rules of the world he was born into and reach “purification” (a kind of afterlife/cleansing). But will Ryan be able to find his own «paradise»?

A realistic anti-utopia where the absurd idea is carried to extremes: children are responsible for the sins of their fathers. The author asks what makes a person a criminal—environment, genes, or personal choice? And is it possible to escape this predestination the way one can escape an island surrounded by an ocean?