Peace
by Gene Wolfe
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0765334569
- ISBN 13
- 9780765334565
- Seller
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Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
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About This Item
Orb Books, New York, 2012. First printing of the second edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and nicks at spine ends.
Peace is a spellbinding, brilliant tour de force of the imagination. The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living out his last days in a small midwestern town, the novel reveals a miraculous dimension as the narrative unfolds. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself. Powerful, moving, and uncompromisingly honest, Peace ranks alongside the finest literary works of our time.
Peace is a spellbinding, brilliant tour de force of the imagination. The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living out his last days in a small midwestern town, the novel reveals a miraculous dimension as the narrative unfolds. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself. Powerful, moving, and uncompromisingly honest, Peace ranks alongside the finest literary works of our time.
Reviews
On Mar 6 2020, a reader said:
This book was quite a ride. From the online synopses, you would expect a horror/thriller, but Peace is much more literature than anything else. Gene Wolfe is well known for his sci-fi and fantasy, but this means that he largely critiqued within the scope of these genres and his satisfaction of the criteria therein. Unfortunately, this means that his incredible writing talent has gone largely unnoticed because fantasy books outside of Tolkien and Lewis are largely the territory of nerds and so are judged on the degree that they satisfy a certain D&D-esque bone. Peace is a great example of this point because had Wolfe not been a sci-fi/fantasy author, this book would most certainly have been a NY Times Best-seller and would now be considered modern literature. Wolfe's writing, the pacing of his story-telling, the way he writes in riddles and mysteries into damn near every line in his work are all qualities that rank him not solely among the best of sci-fi/fantasy authors, but among the best of all authors irrespective of genre. I believe whole-heartedly that Wolfe will eventually be recognized as the genius he was regardless of the genres he frequented; it is only too unfortunate that, yet again, an author's deserved fame can only come after he is unable to receive it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202001213
- Title
- Peace
- Author
- Gene Wolfe
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0765334569
- ISBN 13
- 9780765334565
- Publisher
- Orb Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- used books, discount books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature; Science Fiction; Fantasy; Horror;
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