Lovecraft Country: A Novel - Matt Ruff • BookLikes (ISBN:0062292064)

Lovecraft Country: A Novel

by: Matt Ruff (author)

4.12 65

Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780062292063 (0062292064)

Publish date: 2016-02-16

Publisher: Harper

Pages no: 432

Edition language: English

Category:

Horror

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Folding Paper & Spilling Ink rated it

7 years ago

http://Ariadne.booklikes.com Folding Paper & Spilling Ink 4.0 Lovecraft Country: Or, the real monster is racism

text Lovecraft Country: Or, the real monster is racism

This book really exceeded all my expectations. What I had heard about this book prior to digging in was that Ruff had taken some of Lovecraft's themes and spun them from a black perspective. This is so much more than that though. Ruff doesn't just plumb Lovecraft's oeuvre, but that of classic sci-fi...

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8 years ago

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text Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff

Another book with a fantastic premise and strong start that doesn't quite live up to its potential. The novel establishes 1954, post-Korean War, Jim Crow America as Lovecraftian horror for its African American characters. Each chapter/section explores the point of view of a member of the (extended...

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