Broken Ground (Perennial Fiction Library) - Softcover

Keeble, John

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16 ratings by Goodreads

9780060915230: Broken Ground (Perennial Fiction Library)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060915234 ISBN 13: 9780060915230

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1989

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Follows the construction of a prison for illegal aliens and subversives in the high desert of Oregon by a multinational corporation and the arrival of the first inmates, whose presence intimidates Lafleur, the foreman

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Review:

In John Keeble's extraordinary novel, "Broken Ground," a social fable for our time, every element has its double in the illuminating realm of metaphor.... No other serious American novel has confronted so directly and so eerily the slithery power of corporate dominance over humble lives as well as over our changing, dehumanized landscape.--Lynne Sharon Schwartz "Hungry Mind Review "

"Broken Ground" rumbles with metaphor, and the book seems to propel itself toward revelations about our individual, collective, and national spirit.--Tim Nolan "New York Times Book Review "

In John Keeble's extraordinary novel, Broken Ground, a social fable for our time, every element has its double in the illuminating realm of metaphor.... No other serious American novel has confronted so directly and so eerily the slithery power of corporate dominance over humble lives as well as over our changing, dehumanized landscape.

--Lynne Sharon Schwartz "Hungry Mind Review "

Broken Ground rumbles with metaphor, and the book seems to propel itself toward revelations about our individual, collective, and national spirit.

--Tim Nolan "New York Times Book Review "

In John Keeble's extraordinary novel, Broken Ground, a social fable for our time, every element has its double in the illuminating realm of metaphor. . . . No other serious American novel has confronted so directly and so eerily the slithery power of corporate dominance over humble lives as well as over our changing, dehumanized landscape.

--Lynne Sharon Schwartz "Hungry Mind Review "

Broken Ground rumbles with metaphor, and the book seems to propel itself toward revelations about our individual, collective, and national spirit.

--Tim Nolan "New York Times Book Review "

About the Author:

John Keeble is the author of four novels, including Yellowfish and Broken Ground, a collection of short stories, Nocturnal America, and a work of nonfiction, Out of the Channel: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound.

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