ZulusIn Percival Everett's sixth book of dark, comic moralizing on the fate of the planet, its people, and the absurd Meaning of It All, readers are taken into the pitiable life of Alice Achitophel, a grotesquely obese government clerk, social outcast, and, apparently, the world's only fertile woman in the aftermath of worldwide nuclear holocaust. The ultimate question is humanity's survival. -- San Francisco Chronicle New American Writing Award |
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... tram was open , plastic benches beneath canvas can- opies , and Alice Achitophel sat feeling the icy seat through her coat and dress , rubbing her thighs together , watching her street disappear as a corner was turned . The machine ...
... tram was open , plastic benches beneath canvas can- opies , and Alice Achitophel sat feeling the icy seat through her coat and dress , rubbing her thighs together , watching her street disappear as a corner was turned . The machine ...
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... tram and sat frozen , at the mercy of the stiff icy wind , her eyes closed as she imagined a rebel mountain camp . People laughing , she thought , playing games , competing , making music , thinking . She opened her eyes as the tram ...
... tram and sat frozen , at the mercy of the stiff icy wind , her eyes closed as she imagined a rebel mountain camp . People laughing , she thought , playing games , competing , making music , thinking . She opened her eyes as the tram ...
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... tram stop , but wandered the downtown area , roaming through alleys clear to the far edge of the yard of the govern- ment mall . She paused there to watch the people leave their jobs , seeing many of the faces that had ignored her when ...
... tram stop , but wandered the downtown area , roaming through alleys clear to the far edge of the yard of the govern- ment mall . She paused there to watch the people leave their jobs , seeing many of the faces that had ignored her when ...
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References to this book
Routledge Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals and Festivals Frank A. Salamone No preview available - 2004 |