Unquenchable Fire

Pollack, Rachel

ISBN 10: 071261950X / ISBN 13: 9780712619509

Published by Century, 1988

About this Item

The book has light soiling to the edges of the page block. The dust jacket is unclipped (L11.95). Signed by the author on the title page. Seller Inventory # 002585

Bibliographic Details

Title: Unquenchable Fire

Publisher: Century

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Philippa Bramson, dj art.

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

In a near-future America that has been transformed by a feminist revolt and where magic and the miraculous have become commonplace, Jennifer Mazdan finds herself chosen as the vehicle for a bigger change yet to come after a visit from a divine messenger

Review:

It's uncomfortable to be chosen for Great Things. A lot of fantasists admit that, but Pollack's Jennie Mazdan shows us just how uncomfortable it can be. This is suburban fantasy, reminiscent of Philip K. Dick's suburban SF, and the protagonist is a nice suburban middle-class person who, in a recognizable America informed with rational, non-Christian divine powers, copes with supernatural imposition on her life. Perfectly balancing the anchoring familiar mundanities against her brilliant, fascinating Living World---surly bureaucrats at the National Oneiric Registration Agency, tourists photographing the Founder's Urinal shrine in Poughkeepsie---Pollack tells Jennie and Valerie's story of transformation, acceptance and triumph. Potently stocked with archetypes, yet down-to-earth and even funny, this is great fiction and great fantasy.