Xenesis
Xenesis is the title of a novel by the Swiss author Beat Glogger . It is a made-up word made up of the two parts "xenos" (from the Greek for "foreign", see Greek prefixes ) and " Genesis " (the biblical story of creation). The resulting new meaning can be translated as “that which has arisen from outside”.
The novel is a science thriller that was published in 2004 by Rowohlt. In a fictitious scenario based on real facts, it deals with the so-called xenotransplantation , i.e. the transfer of animal organs to humans.
The book was awarded the Prix Media 2005 of the Swiss Academy of Sciences , and nominated for the Descartes Prize 2006 of the European Commission .
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- Xenesis Rowohlt Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-23613-3 .
- Xenezis (Slovak), Ikar, Bratislava 2007, ISBN 978-80-551-1377-7 .
- Vražedný virus (Czech), Knižní Klub, Prague 2008, ISBN 978-80-242-2058-1 .
- נגע זר (Hebrew), Yanshuf Publishing, Zur Moshe Israel 2008, ISBN 978-80-242-2058-1 .
- Xenesis Weltbild collector's edition 2009.