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Visa for Avalon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781930464070)
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xGeorge Orwell meets Margaret Atwood in this stunning dystopian novel
In this chilling dystopian novel, four men and women attempt an escape to legendary Avalon after the Movement threatens the liberty and comforts they have taken for granted. Visa for Avalon takes place in an unnamed country and an unnamed time. In it, Bryher uses her knowledge of history and psychology to examine political crisis in a familiar setting. First published in 1965, it resonates profoundly today. The style is understated and tense as Bryher suggests that closing our eyes to growing restrictions and loss of liberties does not protect us. She offers a provocative commentary about the paradise of King Arthur's Avalon as well. This is a wake-up book that encourages readers of all ages and backgrounds to defend democracy.
Author: Bryher
ISBN-10: 193046407X
ISBN-13: 9781930464070
Publisher: Paris Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.62w x 0.56d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2004 pg. 388
New York Review of Books 11/01/2004 pg. 20
Library Journal 11/15/2004 pg. 103
New York Review of Books 04/07/2005 pg. 38
In this chilling dystopian novel, four men and women attempt an escape to legendary Avalon after the Movement threatens the liberty and comforts they have taken for granted. Visa for Avalon takes place in an unnamed country and an unnamed time. In it, Bryher uses her knowledge of history and psychology to examine political crisis in a familiar setting. First published in 1965, it resonates profoundly today. The style is understated and tense as Bryher suggests that closing our eyes to growing restrictions and loss of liberties does not protect us. She offers a provocative commentary about the paradise of King Arthur's Avalon as well. This is a wake-up book that encourages readers of all ages and backgrounds to defend democracy.
Author: Bryher
ISBN-10: 193046407X
ISBN-13: 9781930464070
Publisher: Paris Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.62w x 0.56d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2004 pg. 388
New York Review of Books 11/01/2004 pg. 20
Library Journal 11/15/2004 pg. 103
New York Review of Books 04/07/2005 pg. 38
By Bryher
xBryher (1894-1983) wrote many critically acclaimed novels and memoirs during her lifetime. She was deeply involved in film, politics, and psychology. She funded Contact Editions, and edited Life and Letters To-day and the first English film journal, Close Up. She was the longtime companion of H.D., and a generous supporter of numerous writers, artists, psychoanalysts, and culture icons, including Marianne Moore, Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, and Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare and Company.
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