Stephen Markley
Auteur van Ohio
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1983-10-02
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Gambier, Ohio, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA
Oxford, Ohio, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Opleiding
- Miami University of Ohio
- Relaties
- Finke, Laurie (mother)
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 5
- Leden
- 938
- Populariteit
- #27,380
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 46
- ISBNs
- 29
- Talen
- 2
- Favoriet
- 2
The Deluge is a brick of a book but I kept turning those 900 pages and I was once again in awe of Markley’s writing. This one has a large, sprawling plot with lots of diverse and inclusive characters: female, male, black, white, gay, straight, non-binary. I loved the way Markley just brings them on the stage without talking about their coming out, endured racism or anti feminism. They just are there and they are naturally who they are.
This is a story with a message, and one of the utmost importance and urgency: climate change and what it can do to us.
Markley shows us how society can unravel within a decade from now due to the changing climate itself and the way people react to it. They do here, in both violent and nonviolent ways. It is a warning and I’m going to say something I never did before but here goes: you should read this book. To get shaken up and realize what’s happening to our world.
The Deluge is a highly political and activist novel and Markley uses his talent as a novelist to step into the discussion and he does so in a loud and urgent way, which is I believe the only way that works. The New York Times wrote about him: “novelists often preen as moralists, but he’s the genuine article.”
The style Markley uses is very interesting. Chapters are now and then written as newspaper or magazine articles, notes appear in boxes within the text. He excels though when he writes about his characters. There I see his compassion for them and also the magnificence of Markley as a novelist, just like in Ohio. I have the feeling that he will turn into one of the important writers of our time.
Read this book!… (meer)