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South, Paperback by Lakghomi, Babak, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9781459750814
- Book Title
- South
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Dystopian, Political
- Item Weight
- 10.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dundurn Press
ISBN-10
1459750810
ISBN-13
9781459750814
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19058375750
Product Key Features
Book Title
South
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Dystopian, Political
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
10.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Babak Lakghomi is a visionary artist and masterful guide into and beyond the labyrinth containing all the unnameable and undefinable problems of our universe, our world, our little lives, waking and dreaming. South is another brilliant novel from an author who astounds me., A Lynchian descent into the paranoia and alienation of totalitarianism, South is a haunting and dreamlike novel., Disguised as a high concept page-turner akin to Enrique Vila-Matas and Paul Auster, Babak Lakghomi's slyly subversive and uncanny novel, South , is pure sublime. Packed full of complex silence, sex, deceit, erasure, captivity, dreamlife, memory, and yes, despair, it wastes no syllable while wading neck-deep into its own conspiracy, remembering just in time to come back up for air where others drown., Lakghomi has included so many layers in South , the effect is hallucinatory, a sublime trip, one full of terror and wonder., South is an exceptional example of how the personal and political, when intimately entwined, make for a deeply compelling, even necessary read., Thrilling and disquieting, South is a disorienting, cerebral novel that meditates on state surveillance., With a narrative style that is tight, almost skeletal in nature, South moves at a steady pace, growing increasingly distorted and claustrophobic ... every word counts., South is a muted industrial thriller with mystic bits splashed throughout. Babak Lakghomi has taken the quick, minimal aspects of his early novella and extended them into another enigmatic, unnerving hypothetical., With South , Lakghomi proves himself to be a master of the minimal. South uses sparseness to elevate and intensify suspense. It manages the mysterious and paranoid in such a way that what results is a literary page-turner, even when you want to linger and savour the language.
Synopsis
South is a haunting and hallucinatory reimagination of life in a world under totalitarianism, and an individual's quest for truth, agency, and understanding. B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes on an offshore oil rig. From the beginning of his trip, he is faced with a cruel and broken landscape of drought and decay, superstitious believers of evil winds and spirits, and corrupt entities focused on manipulation and censorship. As he tries to defend himself against his unknown enemies, we learn about his father's disappearance, his fading love with his wife, and his encounter with an unknown woman. A puzzle-like novel about totalitarianism, surveillance, alienation, and guilt that questions the forces that control us.A RARE MACHINES BOOK, A journalist travels to the South on a mysterious mission to report on recent strikes in an offshore oil rig. Defending himself against unknown enemies, he spirals into a hallucinatory and haunting landscape. A mystical novel about totalitarianism, surveillance, alienation, and guilt that questions the nature of truth and forces that control us., South is a hallucinatory reimagination of life in a world under totalitarianism, and an individual's quest for truth, agency, and understanding. "A quiet meditation on imagination and reality, absence and presence, and the world around us. Lakghomi achieves a poetic and hypnotic effect with his tightly constructed, spare prose." -- Brandon Hobson, author of The Removed "A Lynchian descent into the paranoia and alienation of totalitarianism, South is a haunting and dreamlike novel" -- SHELF AWARENESS B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes on an offshore oil rig. From the beginning of his trip, he is faced with a cruel and broken landscape of drought and decay, superstitious believers of evil winds and spirits, and corrupt entities focused on manipulation and censorship. As he tries to defend himself against his unknown enemies, we learn about his father's disappearance, his fading love with his wife, and his encounter with an unknown woman. A puzzle-like novel about totalitarianism, surveillance, alienation, and guilt that questions the forces that control us. A RARE MACHINES BOOK
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- b***g (2333)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseSmooth & easy. The paper stock is a little thin. There’s some “show-through.” And the book wasn’t protected from being dinged up during shipping. Otherwise good.
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