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Bezig met laden... A Mask for the General (Bantam Spectra Book) (editie 1987)door Lisa Goldstein (Auteur)
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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. Though published in 1987, this book felt to me like it came straight from the late 60's. It's an interesting blend of near future dystopia SF and magical realism. The dystopia is standard, almost to the point of cliche: a post-Collapse America run by the General. The magic revolves around masks, maskmaking, tribalism and animism. These elements provide a serviceable framework for the story, but what makes the novel work is the rich set of very real characters, doing their best but never sure, often wrong, and the ways in which we wear masks even we are not aware of. ( )
"This is a marvelously accomplished third novel which manages to make effective and complex use of current cultural trends, ..." "It's all beautifully done, with a fine evocation of a crumbling California, good characterizations, smooth prose, and a convincing development of the protagonist ..." "Imagine Fritz Leiber's Gather, Darkness! written from the viewpoint of the believers - not the inner circle of people who put together a phony religion for revolutionary purposes, but the larger group who are led, by their beliefs, to oppose the government." Prijzen
After an apocalypse war, the General rules America with an iron fist until the Tribes begin to organize. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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