Gwiazdozbiór psa
by:
Peter Heller (author)
Olga Siara (author)
Hig przeżył epidemię grypy, która wytrzebiła praktycznie całą ludzką populację. Nie żyje jego żona i przyjaciele, a on sam mieszka w hangarze na małym opuszczonym lotnisku wraz ze swoim psem i jedynym sąsiadem – mizantropem nie rozstającym się z bronią.W swojej Cessnie 182 z 1956 roku Hig...
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Hig przeżył epidemię grypy, która wytrzebiła praktycznie całą ludzką populację. Nie żyje jego żona i przyjaciele, a on sam mieszka w hangarze na małym opuszczonym lotnisku wraz ze swoim psem i jedynym sąsiadem – mizantropem nie rozstającym się z bronią.W swojej Cessnie 182 z 1956 roku Hig zabezpiecza strefę ochronną lotniska, a od czasu do czasu wymyka się w góry, by łowić ryby i udawać przed samym sobą, że wszystko jest jak dawniej
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788363944100 (8363944106)
ASIN: 8363944106
Publish date: April 17th 2013
Publisher: Insignis
Pages no: 368
Edition language: Polski
I'm sorry, but the writing style is just too much. It feels like the "superflu" that killed 99% (it's always 99% isn't it?) of the population also killed 99% of Hig's brain. God, this was irritating me. There's no structure to his sentences and you have to struggle to figure out what's happening and...
In Peter Heller’s novel, Dog Stars, society has collapsed and the world as we know it has ended. Global warming is changing the environment and a virulent new strain of flu has decimated mankind. In the midst of the devastation a symbiotic relationship is formed between hardcore Bangley - a shoot ...
I have read some terrific books lately, but The Dog Stars might be my favourite. It's definitely in my top 10 of all time. Heller is also a poet, and his writing is both lyrical and succinct. Hig, having escaped a continent-wide fatal disease, now live with a tough, emotionally-stunted survivor na...
In a post-apocolyptic world where most of the population has been wiped out by disease and life is a kill or be killed prospect Hig lives at an airplane hanger east of what used to be Denver. He shares his home with his dog Jasper, a gun-toting sharpshooter named Bangley, and his memories. A pilot, ...
I listened to this one on audiobook and that probably was the way to do it. I read a few reviews in advance and noted that one reviewer found the language usage and syntax jarring and unsettling to the point that it detracted from their enjoyment of the book. In listening, I can see that because t...