Abstract:In Schimmernder Dunst über CobyCounty (2011), Leif Randt presents a county that seems to be a perfect representation of a consumerist utopia: located on the shore, CobyCounty is characterized by abundant parties, consumerism and wellbeing. The book, however, is narrated by a young man tormented by the possibility of a coming catastrophe, since his best friend left town, following his mother's advicea woman that had joined an esoteric religion. If the perfect functioning of this society is very similar to an ut… Show more
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