The Old Man and the Wasteland
Forty years after the destruction of civilization... Man is reduced to salvaging the ruins of a broken world. One man’s most prized possession is Hemingway’s Classic ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’ With the words of the novel echoing across the wasteland, a survivor of the Nuclear Holocaust...
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Forty years after the destruction of civilization... Man is reduced to salvaging the ruins of a broken world. One man’s most prized possession is Hemingway’s Classic ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’ With the words of the novel echoing across the wasteland, a survivor of the Nuclear Holocaust journeys into the unknown to break a curse. What follows is an incredible tale of survival and endurance. One man must survive the desert wilderness and mankind gone savage to discover the truth of Hemingway’s classic tale of man versus nature. Part Hemingway, part Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, a suspenseful odyssey into the dark heart of the Post-Apocalyptic American southwest. A book lover’s action flick.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781461076384 (1461076382)
ASIN: 1461076382
Publish date: April 5th 2011
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 148
Edition language: English
This was like a book about a book. The description is accurate in that it is a mix of The Old Man and the Sea and The Road, only it not nearly as good as either of those.
This was a 99 cent buy off of Amazon, and it had a lot of positive reviews. It had an interesting portrayal of a post-apocalyptic world and made references to Hemmingway's Old Man and the Sea (which I haven't actually read). However, I like my books to have more dialogue and the pacing really crawle...
This is a quick read, and worth your time, even if it is a tad derivative. I thought the author captured the desperation and resignation of aging in a post-apocalyptic world quite well, and the story rocks along at a nice pace.This is nit-picky, but I really would have appreciated a few synonyms for...
Marred only slightly by some line level editing issues, this self published short novel was a very enjoyable read. Hemingway's classic is both a frame around and a character in this book, set with parts of the post apocalyptic bleakness of The Road and hints of the humor of Fallout. Recommended.