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The Panopticon

The Panopticon is a circular prison with cells so constructed that the prisoners can be observed at all times. Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a police car, headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She cannot remember the events that led her here, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and there is blood on Anais' school uniform. Smart, funny and fierce, Anais is a counter-culture outlaw, a bohemian philosopher in sailor shorts and a pillbox hat. She is also a child who has been let down, or worse, by just about every adult she has ever met. The residents of the Panopticon form intense bonds, heightened by their place on the periphery, and Anais finds herself part of an ad hoc family there. Much more suspicious are the social workers, especially Helen, who is about to leave her job for an elephant sanctuary in India but is determined to force Anais to confront the circumstances of her birth before she goes. Looking up at the watchtower that looms over the residents, Anais knows her fate: she is part of an experiment, she always was, it's a given, a liberty - a fact. And the experiment is closing in.

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  • "Like everyone else in the Panopticon, 15-year-old Anais Hendricks has been in and out of foster care practically since birth. "[B]orn in a nuthouse to nobody that was ever seen again," she had her only successful foster placement with a prostitute later stabbed to death (Anais found the body). She's been sent to this facility, where the inmates are under constant surveillance, because she had a bad history with a policewoman who has been bludgeoned into a coma, and Anais--almost permanently whacked on whatever drug she can lay her hands on--can't explain why she has blood on her skirt. Amid the institution's crescent-shaped buildings and all-seeing watchtower, Anais befriends a group of ragtag ruffians and delves into her past, endlessly stoned and concerned she's being watched by an entity she calls "the experiment.""
  • "The Panopticon is a circular prison with cells so constructed that the prisoners can be observed at all times. Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a police car, headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She cannot remember the events that led her here, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and there is blood on Anais' school uniform. Smart, funny and fierce, Anais is a counter-culture outlaw, a bohemian philosopher in sailor shorts and a pillbox hat. She is also a child who has been let down, or worse, by just about every adult she has ever met. The residents of the Panopticon form intense bonds, heightened by their place on the periphery, and Anais finds herself part of an ad hoc family there. Much more suspicious are the social workers, especially Helen, who is about to leave her job for an elephant sanctuary in India but is determined to force Anais to confront the circumstances of her birth before she goes. Looking up at the watchtower that looms over the residents, Anais knows her fate: she is part of an experiment, she always was, it's a given, a liberty - a fact. And the experiment is closing in."
  • "The Panopticon is a circular prison with cells so constructed that the prisoners can be observed at all times. Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a police car, headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She cannot remember the events that led her here, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and there is blood on Anais' school uniform. Smart, funny and fierce, Anais is a counter-culture outlaw, a bohemian philosopher in sailor shorts and a pillbox hat. She is also a child who has been let down, or worse, by just about every adult she has ever met. The residents of the Panopticon form intense bonds, heightened by their place on the periphery, and Anais finds herself part of an ad hoc family there. Much more suspicious are the social workers, especially Helen, who is about to leave her job for an elephant sanctuary in India but is determined to force Anais to confront the circumstances of her birth before she goes. Looking up at the watchtower that looms over the residents, Anais knows her fate: she is part of an experiment, she always was, it's a given, a liberty - a fact. And the experiment is closing in."@en
  • "-- Granta ? Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a police car. She is headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She can't remember what?s happened, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and Anais?s school uniform is covered in blood. ? Raised in foster care from birth and moved through twenty-three placements before she even turned seven, Anais has been let down by just about every adult she has ever met. Now a counter-culture outlaw, she knows that she can only rely on herself. And yet despite the parade of horrors visited upon her early life, she greets the world with the witty, fierce insight of a survivor. ? Anais finds a sense of belonging among the residents of the Panopticon ? they form intense bonds, and she soon becomes part of an ad hoc family. Together, they struggle against the adults that keep them confined. When she looks up at the watchtower that looms over the residents though, Anais knows her fate: she is an anonymous part of an experiment, and she always was. Now it seems that the experiment is closing in. Named one of the best books of the year by the -- us to a heartbreaking young heroine and an incredibly assured and outstanding new voice in fiction."@en
  • "Anais Hendricks ist fünfzehn und sitzt auf dem Rücksitz eines Polizeiautos. Ihre Schuluniform ist blutverschmiert, und am anderen Ende der Stadt liegt eine Polizistin im Koma. Doch Anais kann sich da an nichts erinnern. Jetzt ist sie auf dem Weg ins Panoptikum, eine Besserungsanstalt für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche, die für das Waisenkind am Ende einer langen Kette von Heimen und Pflegefamilien steht. Das Panoptikum, ein ehemaliges Gefängnis im Niemandsland der Provinz, scheint wie gemacht für Anais, die mittlerweile sowieso denkt, sie sei ein Experiment, das Objekt einer Reihe von Versuchen, die zeigen sollen, wann ein Mensch zerbricht. Während Anais mit ihrer schwierigen Vergangenheit ringt und sich mit Mut und Fantasie durch ein Fürsorgesystem boxt, das ihr einen Schlag nach dem anderen versetzt, findet sie in den anderen Jugendlichen des Panoptikums fast so etwas wie eine Familie. Eine Familie, die sich ihre eigenen Mythen und Legenden schafft und deren Bande stärker sind als das System, aus dem es scheinbar kein Entkommen gibt. Es sei denn, du hast ein Haifischherz und Freunde, die dir helfen, ihm zu folgen ... Jenni Fagan wurde in Livingston, Schottland, geboren und studierte Creative Writing an der Greenwich University. Sie veröffentlichte bisher Gedichte und Kurzgeschichten, für die sie zahlreiche Preise und Stipendien bekam. 'Das Mädchen mit dem Haifischherz' ist ihr erster Roman, der für verschiedene Preise, darunter den renommierten James Tait Black Memorial Prize, nominiert wurde und ihr einen Platz auf der legendären Granta Liste "20 under 40", der zwanzig besten englischsprachigen Schriftsteller unter 40, einbrachte. Seit Herbst 2013 ist Jenni Fagan Writer in Residence an der Edinburgh University."
  • "Fifteen-year old Anais Hendricks is smart, funny and fierce, but she is also a child who has been let down, or worse, by just about every adult she has ever met. Sitting in the back of a police car, she finds herself headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders where the social workers are as suspicious as its residents. But Anais can't remember the events that have led her there, or why she has blood on her school uniform..."
  • "Panopti`con (noun). A prison so constructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen. Anais Hendricks, fifteen, is in the back of a police car headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She can't remember the events that led her here, but across town a policewoman lies in a coma and there is blood on Anais's school uniform."

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  • "Skotské romány (anglicky)"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Scottish fiction (English)"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre"

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  • "The Panopticon"
  • "Das Mädchen mit dem Haifischherz"
  • "The Panopticon"@en
  • "La sauvage"
  • "Panoptikon"
  • "Das Mädchen mit dem Haifischherz : Roman"
  • "The panopticon a novel"
  • "The panopticon : a novel"@en
  • "The panopticon : a novel"
  • "˜Dasœ Mädchen mit dem Haifischherz Roman"
  • "Panopticon A Novel"@en
  • "Panopticon : romanzo"@it
  • "Panopticon : romanzo"
  • "The panopticon"
  • "The panopticon"@en
  • "The Panopticon : a novel"

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