- Fiction, Nuclear warfare, Regression (Civilization), Slaves
Engrossing post apocalyptic book that told entirely in a vividly degenerated post-English that the reader is left to decipher as they find their way through the novel.
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Open-ended, demanding, contemplative and grave.
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Russell Hoban
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 220
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Pocket, Summit Books
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780671526948
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“On my naming day when I come 12 I gone front spear and kilt a wyld boar he parbly ben the las wyld pig on the Bundel Downs any how there hadnt ben none for a long time befor him nor I aint looking to see none agen.”
Russell Conwell Hoban was an American expatriate writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books. He lived in London, England, from 1969 until his death.
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