“One picks one's way about through the glass and aluminum doors, the receptionists' smiles, the lunches with too much alcohol, the openings with more, the mobs of people desperately trying to define good taste in such loud voices one can hardly hear oneself giggle, while the shebang is lit by flashes and flares through the paint-stained window, glimmers under the police-locked door, or, if one is taking a rare walk outside that day, by a light suffusing the whole sky, complex as the northern aurora.”
Quote by Samuel R. Delany
Book:Dhalgren
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Dhalgren
Dhalgren is a novel that explores themes of chaos, identity, and the human condition within a fictional, post-apocalyptic city. The story is characterized by its fragmented and nonlinear narrative style, which has been both praised and criticized for its difficulty to follow. The novel is considered a classic of postmodern literature and has influenced many works in the genre. more
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