The Postman

Brin, David:

ISBN 10: 1857234057 / ISBN 13: 9781857234053

Published by Orbit, 1997

About this Item

336 S. in gutem Zustand, 3200 ISBN 9781857234053 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 182 Taschenbuch, Maße: 10.8 cm x 2 cm x 17.8 cm.

Seller Inventory # 3721883

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Postman
• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857234057
• ISBN 13: 9781857234053
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Varia

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Synopsis

He was a survivor - a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. But when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker, his life changes forever. As he journeys from one isolated community to the next, the old, worn uniform becomes far more than a protection against the unrelenting cold: it becomes a reminder of how things were before the world collapsed - and a symbol for how things might be again. And his story becomes one of a lie that turns into the most important kind of truth. Against a background of global failure, THE POSTMAN is a powerful and affecting novel of the survival of the human spirit from the author of the award-winning Uplift novels.

Review

Gordon Krantz survived the Doomwar only to spend years crossing a post-apocalypse United States looking for something or someone he could believe in again. Ironically, when he's inadvertently forced to assume the made-up role of a "Restored United States" postal inspector, he becomes the very thing he's been seeking: a symbol of hope and rebirth for a desperate nation. Gordon goes through the motions of establishing a new postal route in the Pacific Northwest, uniting secluded towns and enclaves that are starved for communication with the rest of the world. And even though inside he feels like a fraud, eventually he will have to stand up for the new society he's helping to build or see it destroyed by fanatic survivalists. This classic reprint is not one of David Brin's best books, but the moving story he presents overcomes mediocre writing and contrived plots.