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The Witch of Hebron: A World Made by Hand Novel
James Howard Kunstler
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Description for The Witch of Hebron: A World Made by Hand Novel
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Renowned social commentator and best-selling author James Howard Kunstler's sequel to World Made by Hand, expands on his vision of post-oil society in America in this "suspenseful, darkly amusing story with touches of the fantastic in the mode of Washington Irving" (Booklist). In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, the electricity has flickered off, the Internet is a distant memory, and the government is little more than a rumor. Travel is horse-drawn and farming is back at the center of life, but Union Grove is no pastoral haven. Wars are fought over dwindling resources and illness is ... Read more
Renowned social commentator and best-selling author James Howard Kunstler's sequel to World Made by Hand, expands on his vision of post-oil society in America in this "suspenseful, darkly amusing story with touches of the fantastic in the mode of Washington Irving" (Booklist). In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, the electricity has flickered off, the Internet is a distant memory, and the government is little more than a rumor. Travel is horse-drawn and farming is back at the center of life, but Union Grove is no pastoral haven. Wars are fought over dwindling resources and illness is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780802145444
SKU
V9780802145444
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About James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler was born in New York City in 1948. He is the author of eleven novels and three nonfiction books, The Geography of Nowhere, Home From Nowhere, and The Long Emergency. He lives in upstate New York.
Reviews for The Witch of Hebron: A World Made by Hand Novel
"Richly imagined ... [The Witch of Hebron] reminded me of Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove, set in the dystopian world of The Road."
New York Journal of Books "[A] suspenseful, darkly amusing story with touches of the fantastic in the mode of Washington Irving."
Booklist "Kunstler's post-apocalyptic world is neither a merciless nightmare nor a starry-eyed return to some pastoral faux utopia; it's ... Read more
New York Journal of Books "[A] suspenseful, darkly amusing story with touches of the fantastic in the mode of Washington Irving."
Booklist "Kunstler's post-apocalyptic world is neither a merciless nightmare nor a starry-eyed return to some pastoral faux utopia; it's ... Read more