The Gatekeeper/s - Softcover

Michela Arturina Betta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1528916980 ISBN 13: 9781528916981

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

The Gatekeeper/s blends realism and idealism in a novel way. The style is also unusual in that it moves from rhetorical dialogue to emphatic storytelling. The story is set against a legal system based on seeking consent between parties involved in a negotiation, rather than regarding one party wrong and the other right, as in the old legal system. Rhetoricians are the ones expected to obtain consent from people and they act on behalf of GAIC (Global Authority for Informed Consent) and its negotiators. The main rhetorician is Toni Forti. Achilles is the main negotiator. There are two groups of children interacting with GAIC. In the first part of the story, three children separately challenge the new informed consent to achieve self-determination. In the second part of the story, four children use the system to achieve justice.

About this title

About the Author:

Michela Arturina Betta was born in Italy. She went to school in Riva del Garda and to university in Milan and Frankfurt. Here she completed her studies and received her PhD in philosophy. Afterward, she travelled to Melbourne where she worked as an academic for several years. In 2018, she moved to Stockholm where she is currently living. She has written several fiction books in Italian and English.

About this edition

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1528916980
• ISBN 13: 9781528916981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100