The Persistence of Vision - Softcover

Varley, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441662218 ISBN 13: 9780441662210

Publisher: Ace Books, 1988

Synopsis

On the surface, this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic is about a drifter who comes to stay in a New Mexico commune founded by a group of deaf-blind people. But beneath the story, author John Varley examines deep, universal issues. What is the nature of communication? What does an individual gain - or lose - by subsuming himself to the whole? Can an outsider ever truly "belong"?

Varley says that he has had more response to this story than anything he has ever written, that some readers have even told him it changed their lives. Listening to The Persistence of Vision, it is easy to understand why.

About this title

About the Author

John Varley was born in Texas in 1947. After spending time as a 'confirmed drifter' he settled in Portland, Oregon and became a full-time writer. He has won the Hugo and Nebula awards a number of times, and has also received the prestigious Prix Apollo. His acclaimed novels include Titan, Wizard, Demon (the Gaea trilogy), Millennium and Steel Beach.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0441662218
• ISBN 13: 9780441662210
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English