Description
At the mouth of a sunlit river, Hyperpolis rises—an immense, self-contained supermarket that seems to swallow the landscape and, with it, the people who enter. As shoppers drift through its vast, indifferent spaces, the novel turns a mirror on modern life, exploring how consumption can blur identity and reduce human movement to routine. With a sharp, lyrical sensibility, the book examines alienation, the seductions of convenience, and the quiet violence of systems that promise abundance while eroding meaning. Blending social observation with a mythic scale, it invites readers to look closely at the reflections we carry into everyday spaces—and what they reveal about us.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2008
320 pages
ISBN: 9780099530480
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First Published
1973
Language
eng
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