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Breaking of Northwall by Paul O. Williams & Paul O. Williams
The Pelbar Cycle
The first in a series of post-apocalyptic novels about the people of Pelbar; a fascinating and uniquely optimistic vision of an America long after a nuclear war.One thousand years after a devastating and chaotic series of nuclear exchanges, all that is left of the United States of America are scattered, warring tribes and small city-states. One of the latter is Pelbar--proud, civilized, and intolerant of change and new ideas. Rebels and troublemakers are sentenced to a year of exile at the massive midwestern fortress of Northwall, defending Pelbar against the fierce Shumai and Sentani tribes. Restless and brilliant Jestak is a visionary who has seen and learned too much in his distant travels to be content with life in Pelbarigan. During his exile at Northwall, he makes contact with Pelbar's age-old enemies and risks all to rescue his beloved Tia from nomads armed with long-lost weapons from before the atomic holocaust. Jestak's daring quest for love brings profound changes to his world. The Breaking of Northwall is the first in a series of seven classic postapocalyptic novels about the Pelbar people. Williams's fascinating and uniquely optimistic vision of an America long after a nuclear war has enthralled readers for decades. In addition to the Pelbar series, Paul O. Williams is the author of The Man from Far Cloud and Outside Robins Sing: Selected Haiku as well as The Nick of Time: Essays on Haiku Aesthetics, and several other books. He is a professor emeritus of English at Principia College and lives in Hayward, California. |
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| Author(s) : Paul O. Williams & Paul O. Williams | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 080329851X | ISBN-13 : 9780803298514 |
| RRP : £9.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Beyond Armageddon S.
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 31/05/2005
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page Length : 286mm
Page Size : 204mm