One the irrepressibly inventive Jonathan Lethem could weld
science fiction and the Western into a mesmerizing novel of
exploration and otherness, sexual awakening and loss. At the age of
13 Pella Marsh loses her mother and her home on the scorched husk
that is planet Earth. Her sorrowing family emigrates to the Planet
of the Archbuilders, whose mysterious inhabitants have names like
Lonely Dumptruck and Hiding Kneel"--"and a civilization that and
frightens their human visitors.
On this new world, spikily independent Pella becomes as uneasy
envoy between two species. And at the same time is unwilling drawn
to a violent loner who embodies all the paranoid machismo of the
frontier ethic. Combining the tragic grandeur of John Ford's "The
Searchers "and the sexual tension of "Lolita" and transporting them
to a planet light years, "Girl in Landscape" is a tour de
force.
General
| Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
December 2004 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan Lethem
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 125 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-22528-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-571-22528-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780571225286 |
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