California
by:
Edan Lepucki (author)
"In her arresting debut novel, Edan Lepucki conjures a lush, intricate, deeply disturbing vision of the future, then masterfully exploits its dramatic possibilities." ---Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the...
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"In her arresting debut novel, Edan Lepucki conjures a lush, intricate, deeply disturbing vision of the future, then masterfully exploits its dramatic possibilities." ---Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780316250832 (031625083X)
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
This felt more like a novel about a cult that happened to take place in a post-apocalyptic world than a post-apocalyptic novel.That was OK with me. I like science fiction and fantasy that veers toward the literary, and that is definitely what "California" has going on, using the setting as a backdro...
"Antworte gefälligst!", kläffte die Stimme aus dem Fenster. Obwohl sie vollkommen still steht, ist Steffi ganz außer Atem. Sie muss schlucken, bevor sie einen Ton herrausbringt. Darum geht's: An ihrer Schule in der schwedischen Provinz wird Steffi gemobbt. Dem Alltag entflieht die talentierte...
I received a free kindle copy of Callifornia: A Novel by Edan Lepucki published by Little, Brown & Company from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.I gave it four stars because it was a slow start. The world as they knew it was gone. Cal (aka California) & Frida are struggling day to day. They d...
Thanks Net Galley and Little, Brown Company for providing me with a free galley. I already had a signed first edition, but it's so much easier for me to read books on my iPad. I was very excited to receive this galley, I had been wanting to read it since it came out. Unfortunately, it was tedious, v...
Mmmm.. I think maybe dystopia is not my thing. There are some interesting ideas in this novel, including how to set up a civilization without structure and what we're willing to give up for safety. None of the characters are really compelling, though, and some of them get downright scary. And the...
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