For the townspeople of Union Grove, New York, the future is not what they thought it would be. Transportation is slow and dangerous, so food is grown locally at great expense of time and energy. And the outside world is largely unknown. There may be a president and he may be in Minneapolis now, but people aren’t sure. As the heat of summer intensifies, the residents struggle with the new way of life in a world of abandoned highways and empty houses, horses working the fields and rivers replenished with fish. A captivating, utterly realistic novel, World Made by Hand takes speculative fiction beyond the apocalypse and shows what happens when life gets extremely local.
Un mondo fatto a mano Serie
Questa serie approfondisce le conseguenze di una catastrofe globale che ha radicalmente rimodellato la vita americana. Segue una comunità che si sforza di ricostruire la società in un mondo post-apocalittico in cui la tecnologia è diventata una reliquia del passato. La narrazione si concentra sull'autosufficienza locale, sulle relazioni umane e sulla ricerca di significato in un ordine nuovo e pericoloso. Offre una rappresentazione realistica della sopravvivenza e del rinnovamento della civiltà.




Ordine di lettura consigliato
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The Witch of Hebron
- 334pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
In the sequel to his novel, World Made by Hand, Kunstler expands on his vision of a post-oil society with a new novel about an America in which the electricity has flickered off, the Internet is a distant memory, and the government is little more than a rumor. In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, travel is horse-drawn and farming is back at the center of life. But it’s no pastoral haven. Wars are fought over dwindling resources and illness is a constant presence. Bandits roam the countryside, preying on the weak. And a sinister cult threatens to shatter Union Grove’s fragile stability. In a book that is both shocking yet eerily convincing, Kunstler seamlessly weaves hot-button issues such as the decline of oil and the perils of climate change into a compelling narrative of violence, religious hysteria, innocence lost, and love found.
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Set in the small town of Union Grove, this novel delves into themes of family and morality in a post-apocalyptic world. As the third installment in the "World Made By Hand" series, it continues to explore the challenges and dynamics of community life in a future shaped by societal collapse, focusing on the resilience of human relationships amid adversity.
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The Harrows of Spring
- 336pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Set in a post-apocalyptic America, this novel explores a future marked by economic and political collapse, where modern conveniences like electricity and automobiles have faded into oblivion. As the final installment of the World Made By Hand series, it delves into the lives of characters navigating a drastically altered society, highlighting themes of survival, community, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.