A poignant novel about finding a new normal after the upheaval of a global crisis.
Returning from a field trip, Isherwood Williams discovers that a mysterious plague has destroyed civilization during his absence. Eventually returning to San Francisco, he finds a female survivor and together they and their children build a small community, living like their pioneer ancestors.
In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life.
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#12 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written The first winner of the International Fantasy Award* A profound, poetic, post-holocaust novel of immense stature: so special I wanted mine to be the only copy -- Garry KilworthIn this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life.
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