I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick

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Synopsis
For his many devoted readers, Philip K. Dick is not only one of the "one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) but a source of divine revelation. In the riveting style that won accolades for The Adversary, Emmanuel Carrère's I Am Alive and You Are Dead, follows Dick's strange odyssey from his traumatic beginnings in 1928, when his twin sister died in infancy, to his lonely end in 1982, beset by mystical visions of swirling pink light, three-eyed invaders, and messages from the Roman Empire. Drawing on interviews as well as unpublished sources, he vividly conjures the spirit of this restless observer of American postwar malaise who subverted the materials of science fiction--parallel universes, intricate time loops, collective delusions--to create classic works of contemporary anxiety.
Copyright:
1966

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
336 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781250194749
Related ISBNs:
9780805054644
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Co.
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Language Arts
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