Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #155692 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Synopsis
A fantasy novel. England after a conflagration destroys towns and cities reverts to the wild.

Customer Reviews

A voyage through post-apocalyptic England
First published in 1885; and this still reads pretty fresh. Slightly old-fashioned, perhaps; but fresh. Jefferies is a wonderful describer of nature, and nature is one of the main protagonists here. In this book civilization has gone under, nature has come back, and only small groups of humanity have banded together in a tribal, or at most medieval/baronial, fashion. The centre of England has become a vast sweet-water lake, where some ships ply; other communication is very difficult, because of the tractless forests and hostile tribes. Felix Aquila, our hero, is a bit of a stranger among his own people; he lacks the keen prowess for war and is more of a thinker. He feels slighted by his family and that of the woman he loves, and decides to build a canoe and go exploring on the great lake. His travels and travails are the stuff of this book - but more than just an adventure story coupled to a post-disaster world this is very good writing indeed. Thoughts about human disequality and ones feelings towards that; about feeling different, and the difficulty of coping; and the power of a dream, and doing something about it. A mild and thoughtful epic, a good tale, and some beautiful writing make this an excellent book.

Good book, poor quality copy.
Interesting book marred by rather poor quality, print-on-demand book design. It shouldn't cost any more to produce a copy that doesn't look amateurish.

Amazingly prophetic
Written in the mid 19th century, this novel rings so true today, its scary ! If you are into dystopia, this is for you.