Earth Abides

von George. R. Stewart

320 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence.Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life.A poignant novel about finding a new normal after the upheaval of a global crisis.

• ISBN: 9781857988215
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.06.1999
• Größe: 200 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Orion Publishing Co