Description
In 1970, a struggling California commune dedicated to peace, free love, and radical self-sufficiency makes a bold decision to abandon the West Coast and relocate to the remote Alaskan wilderness, seeking to realize their utopian vision in one of America's last untamed frontiers. T.C. Boyle's ambitious novel follows this idealistic group as they confront the harsh realities of subsistence living in a landscape that offers no mercy to the unprepared or naive. As the commune members grapple with isolation, brutal winters, and the gap between their romantic ideals and the unforgiving demands of frontier life, their experiment becomes a compelling exploration of the counterculture movement and the American dream of reinvention. Through richly drawn characters and Boyle's masterful storytelling, the novel examines what happens when utopian aspirations collide with the raw power of nature and human nature itself. A sweeping, darkly comic meditation on community, survival, and the limits of idealism in the face of reality.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books
Published Jan 1, 2004
497 pages
ISBN: 9780142003800
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Details
First Published
2004
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Drop City by T.C. Boyle.