Fugue for a Darkening Island
CP’s second novel, now revised, expanded and with a new Foreword. In its day Fugue was thought of as a modern version of the familiar ‘British catastrophe’ science fiction novel, but subsequent world events have given the story a sinister topicality. Tragic refugees escaping political and...
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CP’s second novel, now revised, expanded and with a new Foreword. In its day Fugue was thought of as a modern version of the familiar ‘British catastrophe’ science fiction novel, but subsequent world events have given the story a sinister topicality. Tragic refugees escaping political and military upheaval at home are now all too frequently seeking asylum elsewhere. In Fugue, survivors of a terrible African war flee their blighted continent, and look for refuge in the countries of the West.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780575098206
Publish date: 1972 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Mass Market Paperback
Pages no: 196
Edition language: English
It can be hard for us living in relatively comfortable places like Britain to really relate to and understand people living in war torn African countries where normal society has broken down, the land is split into various factions fighting for control with continuously shifting territories and band...
Priest's "The Prestige" is an amazing book, so I picked up this early work with high expectations, but this was so unrelentingly depressing and with such an obvious agenda that I didn't finish it.
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