Lakghomi, Babak
South
- ISBN 13:
- 9781459750814
- author:
- Lakghomi, Babak
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Dundurn Group Ltd
- language:
- French
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 x 2.5 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
South is a haunting and dreamlike novel about totalitarianism, surveillance, alienation, and guilt. In this puzzle-like tale, a mysterious traveler journeys to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mission to write a report about recent strikes on an offshore oil rig.
The landscape he encounters is one of drought and decay, where superstitious beliefs and corrupt entities manipulate and censor. As he navigates this broken world, the traveler reflects on his past: his father's disappearance, his fading love with his wife, and a mysterious encounter with an unknown woman.
This novel questions the forces that control us, offering a quiet meditation on imagination and reality, absence and presence, and the world around us. With its tightly constructed prose, South is a thought-provoking exploration of the human condition under totalitarianism.
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