La svastica sul sole

Paperback, 381 pages

Italian language

Published June 1, 2004 by Fanucci.

ISBN:: 9788834710074

(2 reviews)

Stati Uniti d'America, 1962. La schiavitù è di nuovo legale, i pochi ebrei sopravvissuti si nascondono dietro falsi nomi, la California è asservita al Giappone. Vent'anni prima l'asse ha vinto la seconda guerra mondiale, e si è spartito l'America. Sul resto del mondo incombe una realtà da incubo: il credo della superiorità razziale ariana ha soffocato ogni volontà o possibilità di riscatto. L'Africa è ridotta a deserto, vittima di una soluzione radicale di sterminio, mentre l'Italia ha ottenuto solo le briciole dell'immenso potere dell'Europa. Il libro è una riedizione del romanzo pubblicato in origine con il titolo "L'uomo nell'alto castello".

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Max Pearl reviewed The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

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4 stars

I read this book because I'd seen a couple of episodes of the TV series. Honestly, as usual, the book is better. They took a lot of liberties with the series (only way to stretch a relatively short book that long,) and the characters are sometimes quite different.

This is classic Phillip K. Dick. Dystopian alternative future. It's very conceptual, rather than character-driven, although a couple of the characters are better developed than the rest. Worth a read, for sure.

Pete_56@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

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2 stars

Lots of effort is made to set up a very believable world in which the Axis powers defeated the Allies and split America into three. We follow the main characters through events that lead them to various conclusions. As tension heightens the narrative centres on a book, a work of fiction in which the Axis powers were defeated by the Allies and Britain and America divide the world between them, and how difficult it would be to live in that world. There are various twists along the way as the story of each character reaches a conclusion. The final twist though is left until the last few pages, and then we are left hanging.
No explanation of how it could be. Was it a figment of the characters imagination, a dream, or was it really true, and if so how could it be that the world was as the book …

Lots of effort is made to set up a very believable world in which the Axis powers defeated the Allies and split America into three. We follow the main characters through events that lead them to various conclusions. As tension heightens the narrative centres on a book, a work of fiction in which the Axis powers were defeated by the Allies and Britain and America divide the world between them, and how difficult it would be to live in that world. There are various twists along the way as the story of each character reaches a conclusion. The final twist though is left until the last few pages, and then we are left hanging.
No explanation of how it could be. Was it a figment of the characters imagination, a dream, or was it really true, and if so how could it be that the world was as the book has described it.

A fascinating world becomes real in the reading, but the end lets it down

or did I miss something?