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Bezig met laden... Mara and Dann (1999)door Doris Lessing
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An interesting, engaging story, with lots of relevance for today as we continue to ignore the signs of climate change. The ending is too tidy and there are no hints of how we might approach our environmental crisis differently, but the book still captivated me. ( ) I loved this story about a brother and sister, last of a royal family, travelling the length of Ifrik. This is an Africa that is thousands of years in the future, when another ice age is retreating North and most of Ifrik is blinding heat, famine and drought. They are constantly in danger, from human enemies to mutated deadly Animals and insects. I immersed myself in their world while reading this, and was feeling empty when it abruptly ended. But now I see there's a sequel! La Terre est bouleversée par les changements climatiques, l’Eurrop est submergée par les glaces, l’Ifrik n’est pratiquement plus qu’un désert et l’on ne sait ce qu’il est advenu de l’Imrik du Sud. Le périple de Mara et Dann à travers l’Ifrik, entre déserts surchauffés, cités dépeuplées, villes esclaves, marais malsains et groupes de réfugiés hostiles. Un roman d’anticipation époustouflant de réalisme, effrayant de précision et brillant narrativement. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Thousands of years in the future, all the northern hemisphere is buried under the ice and snow of a new Ice Age. At the southern end of a large landmass called Ifrik, two children of the Mahondi people, seven-year old Mara and her younger brother, Dann, are abducted from their home in the middle of the night. Raised as outsiders in a poor rural village, Mara and Dann learn to survive the hardships and dangers of a life threatened as much by an unforgiving climate and menacing animals as by a hostile community of Rock People. Eventually they join the great human migration North, away from the drought that is turning the southern land to dust, and in search of a place with enough water and food to support human life. Traveling across the continent, the siblings enter cities rife with crime, power struggles, and corruption, learning as much about human nature as about how societies function. With a clear-eyed vision of the human condition, "Mara and Dann" is imaginative fiction at its best. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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