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LEADER: 01991cam a22003134a 4500
001 7236108
005 20221130222436.0
008 081112s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2008049224
020 $a9780374153533 (alk. paper)
020 $a0374153531 (alk. paper)
024 $a40016847512
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn263983864
035 $a(OCoLC)263983864
035 $a(NNC)7236108
035 $a7236108
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3570.H395$bF37 2009
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aTheroux, Marcel,$d1968-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb98008984
245 10 $aFar north /$cMarcel Theroux.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2009.
300 $a314 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace patrols the ruins of a dying city and tries to keep its unruly inhabitants in check. Into this cold, isolated world comes evidence that life is flourishing elsewhere - a refugee from the vast emptiness of forest, whose existence inspires Makepeace to take to the road to reconnect with human society." "What Makepeace finds is a world unravelling, stockaded villages enforcing a rough and uncertain justice, mysterious slave camps labouring to harness the little understood technologies of a vanished civilization. But Makepeace's journey also leads to unexpected human contact, tenderness, and the dark secrets behind this frozen world." "Far North leads the reader on a quest through an unforgettable arctic landscape, from humanity's origins to its likely end. Bleak, haunting, spare - and yet ultimately hopeful, the novel is suffused with an ecstatic awareness of the world's fragility and beauty, and its unexpected ability to recover from our worst trespasses."--BOOK JACKET.
655 7 $aDystopias.$2gsafd
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3570.H395$iF37 2009