The Man in the High Castle
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- $119.00
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Descripción editorial
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE ALLIES HAD LOST THE WAR?
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'Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find.'
America, fifteen years after the end of the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by the Japanese.
But between these two states - locked in a cold war - lies a neutral buffer zone in which legendary author Hawthorne Abendsen is rumoured to live. Abendsen lives in fear of his life for he has written a book in which World War Two was won by the Allies . . .
Now a major Amazon TV series, this book for fans of Robert Harris' Fatherland, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and anyone who has ever wondered 'What if . . . '
'California's own William Blake. Visionary and prophet. Novelist of ideas' Daily Telegraph
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Dick's Hugo Award-winning 1962 alternative history considers the question of what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost WWII. Some 20 years after that loss, the United States and much of the world has now been split between Japan and Germany, the major hegemonic states. But the tension between these two powers is mounting, and this stress is playing out in the western U.S. Through a collection of characters in various states of posing (spies, sellers of falsified goods, others with secret identities), Dick provides an intriguing tale about life and history as it relates to authentic and manufactured reality. Tom Weiner reveals an impressive vocal range that delivers the host of characters with distinct culture, class and gender personas, which helps to sort the various plot strands. His prose reading is engaging, though sometimes lacks sufficient emphasis and energy.
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Demasiados baches en la historia. Constantemente había un frenesí de cosas interesantes o completamente inolvidables. Lo terminé más por fuerza de voluntad. Quise leerlo para tener más contexto con la nueva serie, pero veo que esta historia es de la pocas excepciones en que la adaptación es "mejor" que la obra original.