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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. If I had rated this book just after finishing it, I would probably have given it 2 or 3 stars. I don't remember whether it was exceptionally written; I remember being so affronted by the coarseness of the tale, and how it was presented. It was so raw, so ugly -- painful even. Entirely ungilded. I don't like reading things like that. I don't need rainbows and ponies, but I don't need my face rubbed into harsh reality either. But I'm now 15 years or so out, and I often think of this story. It stays with you. ( ) The Basics A virus has hit the world and greatly diminished its population. Those that are left range between levels of blindness and being unable to breathe, but one group in particular has banded together with the intention of surviving. The Skulls, full of crazy nicknames and with strict rules about never speaking of the past. Their leader, Mister Touch, wants them to make a journey from New York to Arizona, but with a laundry list of disabilities and trauma, can they hope to make it? My Thoughts This is probably the most hopeful apocalypse you’ll ever have the good fortune to read. The world is not in good shape, for sure. Most of the survivors are now disabled in some way. Most of them didn’t really have much to offer the world before a virus destroyed it, much less after. Yet this book is all about people finding where they belong, surviving against the odds, moving forward and refusing to inhabit the past, and overcoming adversity. There is darkness to be found here and villains, because there is no such thing as a good story without conflict, but there’s a spirit of hope that suffuses this book and glows from it all the same. It’s easy to make comparisons between Mister Touch and The Stand by Stephen King. Rest assured that both have a lot to offer, different and similar things, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that Mister Touch stands on its own. It’s not particularly supernatural, not at all, so don’t approach it waiting for a Randall Flagg or Mother Abigail to show up. What it offers is a more realistic approach, humanistic in the same way as The Stand, but unique. The cast of characters was huge, and there was an appendix that named them all with a blurb about their story, but I found I didn’t need it. Bosse managed to make each of them so themselves and smoothly reminded us within the text of their importance. There was never any confusion on my part, and the fact that he did juggle all those people so well deserves some applause. I thought this book was wonderful. I’m sure I’m making that plain. It was raw and yet touching, hopeful but not saccharine. I was moved, but I never felt manipulated into being moved. That’s a rare thing, and this book is so ignored and forgotten that I urge anyone reading this review to track down a copy and give it a shot. Final Rating 5/5
This exhilarating novel, set in the future after a viral disease has decimated the population of the Earth, follows a group of survivors who escape from New York to Arizona, lead by a blind former Wall Street wheeler-dealer. Mister Touch is blind, white, a former Wall Street crook, and the leader of the Skulls , the New York survivors of an apocalyptic virus that has killed most of the human race. The Skulls are trying to maintain a semblance of civilization, but there are a few other survivors, too--drug-crazed sex fiends, wild dogs. Breathing and sight problems afflict the Skulls, and Mister Touch decides they should migrate to a better climate--Arizona. Each of the Skulls has been given a new name to forget the past. (Over 120 names and descriptions are listed in an appendix; and except for five or six main characters, referral is necessary.) The escape from New York, the journey across America, and the climax in Arizona are filled with adventure, pop dialog, and philosophical speculations on life, race, religion, law, and survival. Echoes of The Road Warrior , mentioned in the text, are here, but this is a richer work. Complex, sometimes funny, always human, this novel by the author of the best-selling The Warlord deserves a wide readership. It might become a cult favorite. Recommended.
In the wake of the decimation of human life across the U.S. by virus V70--a mutant offshoot of AIDS--a multi-racial group of ravaged survivors join forces under the leadership of a blind visionary named "Mister Touch". Beset by violent gangs, vicious dogs, and shortages of food and medicine, the modern pioneer family embarks on an epic trip across America. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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