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Stigma and the Cave: Two Novels (Patrimonies)
D Melhem
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Description for Stigma and the Cave: Two Novels (Patrimonies)
Paperback. Draws on ideological paradoxes created by a military-industrial government pitted against American individualist politics. This title offers a vision of civil unrest, unemployment, and a chronic state of war. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
These two novels complete D. H. Melhem's trilogy, Patrimonies, that began with Blight. Stigma, a dark political satire, and The Cave, a post-nuclear fantasy, confront the crucial issue facing this generation: what kind of world will be our legacy? Unsettling and sometimes terrifying, both novels center on ideological paradoxes created by a military-industrial government pitted against American individualist politics. Stigma offers a vision of civil unrest, unemployment, and a chronic state of war. Books are recycled as toilet paper. Families are conscripted by lottery for the honor of war-work. Selected adults serve in a bizarre bomb factory. Youths are inducted ... Read more
These two novels complete D. H. Melhem's trilogy, Patrimonies, that began with Blight. Stigma, a dark political satire, and The Cave, a post-nuclear fantasy, confront the crucial issue facing this generation: what kind of world will be our legacy? Unsettling and sometimes terrifying, both novels center on ideological paradoxes created by a military-industrial government pitted against American individualist politics. Stigma offers a vision of civil unrest, unemployment, and a chronic state of war. Books are recycled as toilet paper. Families are conscripted by lottery for the honor of war-work. Selected adults serve in a bizarre bomb factory. Youths are inducted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815608820
SKU
V9780815608820
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Ref
99-52
About D Melhem
D. H. Melhem has won the American Book Award and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of New York Poems and Blight, both available from Syracuse University Press. Her other books include Notes on 94th Street and Children of the House Afire.
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