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December 18, 2025
Freezing Point by Anders Bodelsen review
This resurrected Danish novel about a man who is ‘frozen down’, awaking in an Orwellian dystopia two decades later, is inventive, funny and all too timely
TL;DR
- Bruno opts for experimental cryopreservation to treat his cancer, waking up 22 years later in a changed future.
- The future society is divided between "all-life" (paid immortality) and "now-life" (natural death with organ mortgaging).
- The novel critiques capitalism, attitudes towards aging, and the distinction between life and eternity.
- It employs science fiction to ask urgent questions about the present, with elements reminiscent of Orwell and Kafka.
- Recurring symbols and meta-commentary on fiction contribute to the novel's dreamlike and experimental quality.
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