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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
April 1, 1998
Pages
280
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385485180
ISBN-10
0385485182
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$22.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Pella Marsh, a fourteen-year-old girl, flees a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn with her family for a recently discovered planet and, troubled by her powerful attraction to a dangerous loner, causes tragic consequences for the inhabitants of the colony. Tour.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Girl in Landscape finds Jonathan Lethem once again twisting forms and literary conventions to create a dazzling, completely unconventional tale that manages to move and amaze the reader at the same time.
In his new novel, Lethem blends elements as diverse as John Ford's classic Western "The Searchers" and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita in an utterly unique way. The heroine is fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh, whose mother dies just before her family flees a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn for the frontier of a recently discovered planet. Hating her ineffectual father, and troubled by a powerful attraction to a virile but dangerous loner who holds sway over the little colony, Pella sets out on a course of discovery that will have tragic and irrevocable consequences for the humans in the community and the ancient inhabitants, known only as archbuilders.
Girl in Landscape is a daring exploration of the violent nature of sexual awakening, a meditation on language and perception, and an homage to the great American tradition of the Western.
In his new novel, Lethem blends elements as diverse as John Ford's classic Western "The Searchers" and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita in an utterly unique way. The heroine is fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh, whose mother dies just before her family flees a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn for the frontier of a recently discovered planet. Hating her ineffectual father, and troubled by a powerful attraction to a virile but dangerous loner who holds sway over the little colony, Pella sets out on a course of discovery that will have tragic and irrevocable consequences for the humans in the community and the ancient inhabitants, known only as archbuilders.
Girl in Landscape is a daring exploration of the violent nature of sexual awakening, a meditation on language and perception, and an homage to the great American tradition of the Western.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Doubleday (April 1, 1998)
9780385485180 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Pella Marsh, a fourteen-year-old girl, flees a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn with her family for a recently discovered planet and, troubled by her powerful attraction to a dangerous loner, causes tragic consequences for the inhabitants of the colony
About: Pella Marsh, a fourteen-year-old girl, flees a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn with her family for a recently discovered planet and, troubled by her powerful attraction to a dangerous loner, causes tragic consequences for the inhabitants of the colony
Paperback
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (February 1, 1999)
9780375703911 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Pella Marsh, a fourteen-year-old girl, flees a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn with her family for a recently discovered planet and, troubled by her powerful attraction to a dangerous loner, causes tragic consequences for the inhabitants of the colony.
About: Pella Marsh, a fourteen-year-old girl, flees a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn with her family for a recently discovered planet and, troubled by her powerful attraction to a dangerous loner, causes tragic consequences for the inhabitants of the colony.
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