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Visa for Avalon
George Orwell meets Margaret Atwood in this stunning dystopian novel
In this chilling dystopian novel, four men and women attempt an escape to legendary Avalon after the Movement threatens the liberty and comforts they have taken for granted. Visa for Avalon takes place in an unnamed country and an unnamed time. In it, Bryher uses her knowledge of history and psychology to examine political crisis in a familiar setting. First published in 1965, it resonates profoundly today. The style is understated and tense as Bryher suggests that closing our eyes to growing restrictions and loss of liberties does not protect us. She offers a provocative commentary about the paradise of King Arthur's Avalon as well. This is a wake-up book that encourages readers of all ages and backgrounds to defend democracy.
In this chilling dystopian novel, four men and women attempt an escape to legendary Avalon after the Movement threatens the liberty and comforts they have taken for granted. Visa for Avalon takes place in an unnamed country and an unnamed time. In it, Bryher uses her knowledge of history and psychology to examine political crisis in a familiar setting. First published in 1965, it resonates profoundly today. The style is understated and tense as Bryher suggests that closing our eyes to growing restrictions and loss of liberties does not protect us. She offers a provocative commentary about the paradise of King Arthur's Avalon as well. This is a wake-up book that encourages readers of all ages and backgrounds to defend democracy.
Book Details
- Publisher: Paris Press
- Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2004
- Pages: 164
- Language: English
- Edition: Paris Press - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.96in - 5.62in - 0.56in - 0.47lb
- EAN: 9781930464070
- Categories: • Classics• Science Fiction - General• Literary
About the Author
Bryher (1894-1983) wrote many critically acclaimed novels and memoirs during her lifetime. She was deeply involved in film, politics, and psychology. She funded Contact Editions, and edited Life and Letters To-day and the first English film journal, Close Up. She was the longtime companion of H.D., and a generous supporter of numerous writers, artists, psychoanalysts, and culture icons, including Marianne Moore, Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, and Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare and Company.
Praise for this book
Bryher's writing is frustratingly plain at times, in the way that the chimes of a large bell can be annoying because they ring so clear and so true.--Los Angeles Times
This is an inspired and timely resurrection of an incisive and provocative fable of the high cost of apathy and the insidiousness of fascism, an intriguing progenitor of Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, and readers will find the accompanying profile of Bryher equally compelling.--Booklist
Paris Press is to be applauded for reissuing Visa for Avalon.--Philadelphia Inquirer
Bryher's writing is frustratingly plain at times, in the way that the chimes of a large bell can be annoying because they ring so clear and so true.--Los Angeles Times
A suggestive and beguiling fiction by one of the twentieth century's most interest artistic figures. The Paris Press should be thanked for republishing it.--Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books
This is an inspired and timely resurrection of an incisive and provocative fable of the high cost of apathy and the insidiousness of fascism, an intriguing progenitor of Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, and readers will find the accompanying profile of Bryher equally compelling.--Booklist
Paris Press is to be applauded for reissuing Visa for Avalon.--Philadelphia Inquirer
Bryher's writing is frustratingly plain at times, in the way that the chimes of a large bell can be annoying because they ring so clear and so true.--Los Angeles Times
A suggestive and beguiling fiction by one of the twentieth century's most interest artistic figures. The Paris Press should be thanked for republishing it.--Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books
Just as the title is rich in implication, so too is the novel's every detail and seemingly casual observation.--The Atlanta Journal Constitution
This subtly chilling novel is not easily laid down. With brilliant economy and suspense, it depicts a fascist movement transforming the lives of ordinary people who merely wanted to be let alone. Prescient as Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Visa for Avalon could hardly be more timely here and now.--Adrienne Rich
Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly called reality. This account of lives, transformed and ruined by the triumph of a totalitarian rule is a timely reminder of how moral and intellectual laziness and apathy can pave the road to the reign of terror brought on by such a system.--Azar Nafisi
Visa for Avalon is a visionary and haunting novel. Bryher wrote this book forty years ago, but it speak directly to the politics of today. It's a warning against apathy and should be read by anyone who's worried about civil rights.--Grace Pale
This subtly chilling novel is not easily laid down. With brilliant economy and suspense, it depicts a fascist movement transforming the lives of ordinary people who merely wanted to be let alone. Prescient as Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Visa for Avalon could hardly be more timely here and now.--Adrienne Rich
Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly called reality. This account of lives, transformed and ruined by the triumph of a totalitarian rule is a timely reminder of how moral and intellectual laziness and apathy can pave the road to the reign of terror brought on by such a system.--Azar Nafisi
Visa for Avalon is a visionary and haunting novel. Bryher wrote this book forty years ago, but it speak directly to the politics of today. It's a warning against apathy and should be read by anyone who's worried about civil rights.--Grace Pale