Overview
A poignant novel about finding a new normal after the upheaval of a global crisis.
In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence.
Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life.
A poignant novel about finding a new normal after the upheaval of a global crisis.
- | Author: George.R. Stewart
- | Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- | Publication Date: Jun 10, 1999
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781857988215
- | ISBN-10: 1857988213