Isbn: 9781573661539 - The Fixed Stars: Thirty-seven Emblems for the Perilous Season (14 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A fable-like tale of a small community afflicted by a mysterious plague Juxtaposing barbarity and whimsy, Brian Conn's The Fixed Stars is a novel that has the tenor of a contemporary fable with nearly the same dreamlike logic. At the novel's heart are the John's Day celebration and the interactions of a small community dealing with a mystery disease. Routinely citizens are quarantined and then reintegrated into society in rituals marked by a haunting brutality. The infected and the healthy alike are quarantined. In a culture that has retreated from urbanism into a more pastoral society, the woman who nurtures spiders and the man who spins hemp exist alongside the mass acceptance of sexual promiscuity. Conn delivers a compelling portrait of a calamitous era, one tormented by pestilence, disease, violence, and post-late capitalism. An unflinching look at a world impossible to situate in time, The Fixed Stars is mythic and darkly magical.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library edition with stickers & spine tape. There is wear around the edges and corners.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. FC2, Tuscaloosa, c.2010, trade paperbk., 311pp., signed (initialed) by author, NF $.

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Trade paperback original. Condition: Fine (as new) copy. First edition (& 1st printing). Weird sf/fantasy novel: 312 pages.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Fixed Stars | Thirty-Seven Emblems for the Perilous Season | Brian Conn | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2010 | University of Alabama Press | EAN 9781573661539 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, 4831 GR BREDA, NIEDERLANDE, gpsr[at]mare-nostrum[dot]co[dot]uk | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A fable-like tale of a small community afflicted by a mysterious plague Juxtaposing barbarity and whimsy, Brian Conn's The Fixed Stars is a novel that has the tenor of a contemporary fable with nearly the same dreamlike logic. At the novel's heart are the John's Day celebration and the interactions of a small community dealing with a mystery disease. Routinely citizens are quarantined and then reintegrated into society in rituals marked by a haunting brutality. The infected and the healthy alike are quarantined. In a culture that has retreated from urbanism into a more pastoral society, the woman who nurtures spiders and the man who spins hemp exist alongside the mass acceptance of sexual promiscuity. Conn delivers a compelling portrait of a calamitous era, one tormented by pestilence, disease, violence, and post-late capitalism. An unflinching look at a world impossible to situate in time, The Fixed Stars is mythic and darkly magical. 312 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A fable-like tale of a small community afflicted by a mysterious plague Juxtaposing barbarity and whimsy, Brian Conn's The Fixed Stars is a novel that has the tenor of a contemporary fable with nearly the same dreamlike logic. At the novel's heart are the John's Day celebration and the interactions of a small community dealing with a mystery disease. Routinely citizens are quarantined and then reintegrated into society in rituals marked by a haunting brutality. The infected and the healthy alike are quarantined. In a culture that has retreated from urbanism into a more pastoral society, the woman who nurtures spiders and the man who spins hemp exist alongside the mass acceptance of sexual promiscuity. Conn delivers a compelling portrait of a calamitous era, one tormented by pestilence, disease, violence, and post-late capitalism. An unflinching look at a world impossible to situate in time, The Fixed Stars is mythic and darkly magical.…