Saskia Goldschmidt

The Hormone Factory

A Novel

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A disturbing story that describes how the alliance between science and capitalism can lead to disaster when the people in charge lose track of their humanityMordechai de Paauw was the Dutch cofounder and CEO of the first pharmaceutical company to invent the contraceptive pill and hormonal treatments. Hitler's invasion of Holland and the threat he poses to the survival of De Paauw's family and the Jewish scientists working for him doesn't affect De Paauw's urge to test his treatments on his female workers and exploit them sexually. Even after the war, which he survives unscathed, De Paauw will continue his mischief until a catastrophe that he… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-59051-650-8
EAN: 9781590516508
Produktnummer: 16086525
Verlag: Other Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 286 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'228 KB

Über den Autor

Saskia Goldschmidt was born in 1954 in The Netherlands. A drama teacher and children's theater director for 25 years, THE HORMONE FACTORY is her first novel. She lives in Amsterdam.Hester Velmans is a novelist, editor, and translator of French and Dutch literary fiction. Born in The Netherlands, she grew up in Switzerland and earned a BA in English and a Master's in Literature from London University (King's). Her translation of Lulu Wang's The Lily Theater was a NY Times Notable Book of the Year, and she was awarded the Vondel Prize for Translation for her rendition of Renate Dorrestein's A Heart of Stone. She lives in Massachusetts. The author lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.