Xenesis

Xenesis is the title of a novel by the Swiss author Beat Glogger. It is a portmanteau composed of the two parts " xenos " (from the Greek for "foreign", see Greek prefixes ) and " Genesis " ( the biblical creation story ) is composed. The resulting new meaning can be " The alien Incurred » translate.

The novel is a science thriller, which is published by Rowohlt 2004. He treated in a fictional scenario but based on real facts, the so-called xenotransplantation, ie the transfer of animal organs into humans.

The book was awarded the Prix Media 2005, the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, and was nominated for the Descartes Prize 2006 of the European Commission.

Expenditure

• Xenesis Rowohlt Taschenbuch -Verlag, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-23613-3.
• Xenezis ( Slovak), Ikar, Bratislava 2007, ISBN 978-80-551-1377-7.
• Vrazedny virus ( Czech), Knižní club, Prague 2008, ISBN 978-80-242-2058-1.
• נגע זר ( Hebrew), Yanshuf Publishing, Moshe to Israel in 2008, ISBN 978-80-242-2058-1.
• Xenesis worldview Collector's Edition 2009.