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The plotinus / Rikki Ducornet.
Van Pelt Library PS3554.U279 P56 2023
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ducornet, Rikki, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners--Fiction.
- Prisoners.
- Genre:
- Dystopian fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 72 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Upon setting out for a morning walk with his knobby stick in hand, a young man is arrested by a robot called the Plotinus and abandoned in a cell where one beam of sunlight beckons through an air duct. Rapping his knuckles against the vent to relay his tale of woe in code, he recalls his lost love and their group's forbidden activities; his readings in philosophy and the sciences; and sweet memories of freedom's small pleasures. As the captive confronts his increasingly dire circumstances with rigorous optimism, the appearance of fantastical visitors and miraculous objects in his cell further blur the line between hallucination and dystopian reality. Told with uncanny warmth and intellectual brio, The Plotinus is Rikki Ducornet's most unforgettable story yet"-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ducornet, Rikki, 1943- Plotinus
- ISBN:
- 9781566896818
- 1566896819
- OCLC:
- 1345217628
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