So I guess lately, I've been on a post apocalyptic/dystopian society book kick. This novel is the first one. It centers on the population of one town after a 
nuclear war devastates the United States. It focuses mainly on a small group of people and their struggle to survive as electricity, phones, and food supplies are cut off. It also tries to show what happens to a society when rules fail to be enforced and it's every person for themselves.
nuclear war devastates the United States. It focuses mainly on a small group of people and their struggle to survive as electricity, phones, and food supplies are cut off. It also tries to show what happens to a society when rules fail to be enforced and it's every person for themselves.As I said before, I'm really into a post-apocalyptic/dystopian society novel phase. Most of the books I'm reading in this category, I've read before, either as assigned reading in school or on my own as "light" reading. I'm talking about books like The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and Strange Tomorrow by Jean Karl. These are books that I've read and re-read over the years. This is the first time I've ever read or heard of this novel, but it really turned into a page turner! It shows that Frank has written a few other novels and I'm off to the library to hunt for them!
Similar Novels: The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya and Z is for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
Length: 352 pages
Copyright: 1963
1 comment:
Another one I will have to borrow.
Post a Comment