Description
In the aftermath of a worldwide nuclear holocaust, Alice Achitophel—an outcast government clerk and the apparent world’s only fertile woman—must navigate a bleak, absurd new order where survival depends as much on human cruelty and bureaucracy as on biology. As her precarious role draws attention from those who would control, exploit, or worship her, the novel turns darkly comic to ask what “meaning” can possibly be made when civilization has been reduced to scraps. With sharp moral satire and a relentlessly questioning voice, the story explores themes of dehumanization, power, and the fragile ethics of rebuilding a world from ruins. Percival Everett’s distinctive blend of wit and philosophical bite makes this a haunting, provocative meditation on humanity’s fate and the stories we tell to endure it.
Available Editions
paperback
Permanent Press (NY)
Published Jan 1, 1990
256 pages
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Details
First Published
1990
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Zulus by Percival Everett.