- End of the world, Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction in English
In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. People wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss, through a barren landscape with no children, no art, where reading is forbidden.
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Grave, classical in form, epic and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Walter S. Tevis
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 276
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Corgi, RosettaBooks
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345431622
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