American War
A dystopian novel of survival in a divided America, for fans of Station Eleven
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Description de l’éditeur
Winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Book of the Year
Omar El Akkad’s powerful debut novel imagines a dystopian future: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague and one family caught deep in the middle. For fans of Station Eleven.
'American War creates as haunting a post-apocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy did in The Road' – New York Times
2074. America’s future is Civil War. Sarat’s reality is survival. They took her father, they took her home, they told her lies . . .
She didn’t start this war, but she’ll end it.
In American War, we’re asked to consider what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons against itself.
Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
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Not enough
Maybe I expected too much from American War, after reading all the praise about it, comparing it to 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Road, and so forth.
These comparisons did El Akkad’s novel a disservice as far as I’m concerned, because the works mentioned are part of my top 10.
I’m not saying American War is bad; it is interesting, plausible, intelligent. Yet it’s not ground-breaking in its depth, nor is it innovative in the style of writing: I did not find it developed enough, original enough.
The Road or Handmaid’s Tale are novels that kick you in the gut with their style. I didn’t get that here. 1984 gets you at every page because it both summed up and foresaw all the ways a destructive system can break people down, a really amazing prophetical and iconic novel that remains THE reference of dystopian novels for me.
American War does not compare, sorry.