Langue : German
Publié 23 février 2017 par FISCHER Taschenbuch.
The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published and set in 1962, the novel takes place fifteen years after an alternative ending to World War II, and concerns intrigues between the victorious Axis Powers—primarily, Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany—as they rule over the former United States, as well as daily life under the resulting totalitarian rule. The Man in the High Castle won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. Beginning in 2015, the book was adapted as a multi-season TV series, with Dick's daughter, Isa Dick Hackett, serving as one of the show's producers.
Reported inspirations include Ward Moore's alternate Civil War history, Bring the Jubilee (1953), various classic World War II histories, and the I Ching (referred to in the novel). The novel features a "novel within the novel" comprising an alternate history within this alternate history …
The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published and set in 1962, the novel takes place fifteen years after an alternative ending to World War II, and concerns intrigues between the victorious Axis Powers—primarily, Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany—as they rule over the former United States, as well as daily life under the resulting totalitarian rule. The Man in the High Castle won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. Beginning in 2015, the book was adapted as a multi-season TV series, with Dick's daughter, Isa Dick Hackett, serving as one of the show's producers.
Reported inspirations include Ward Moore's alternate Civil War history, Bring the Jubilee (1953), various classic World War II histories, and the I Ching (referred to in the novel). The novel features a "novel within the novel" comprising an alternate history within this alternate history wherein the Allies defeat the Axis (though in a manner distinct from the actual historical outcome).
Leggere questo romanzo dopo aver visto la serie non è stata una grande giocata. Mentre il libro è molto sottile e approfondisce solo alcuni aspetti, la serie ha aggiunto tantissimi elementi in più, soprattutto nell'ambito dell'azione. Detto questo: consiglio tantissimo entrambe.
I read this book because I'd seen a couple of episodes of the TV series. Honestly, as usual, the book is better. They took a lot of liberties with the series (only way to stretch a relatively short book that long,) and the characters are sometimes quite different.
This is classic Phillip K. Dick. Dystopian alternative future. It's very conceptual, rather than character-driven, although a couple of the characters are better developed than the rest. Worth a read, for sure.
Lots of effort is made to set up a very believable world in which the Axis powers defeated the Allies and split America into three. We follow the main characters through events that lead them to various conclusions. As tension heightens the narrative centres on a book, a work of fiction in which the Axis powers were defeated by the Allies and Britain and America divide the world between them, and how difficult it would be to live in that world. There are various twists along the way as the story of each character reaches a conclusion. The final twist though is left until the last few pages, and then we are left hanging.
No explanation of how it could be. Was it a figment of the characters imagination, a dream, or was it really true, and if so how could it be that the world was as the book …
Lots of effort is made to set up a very believable world in which the Axis powers defeated the Allies and split America into three. We follow the main characters through events that lead them to various conclusions. As tension heightens the narrative centres on a book, a work of fiction in which the Axis powers were defeated by the Allies and Britain and America divide the world between them, and how difficult it would be to live in that world. There are various twists along the way as the story of each character reaches a conclusion. The final twist though is left until the last few pages, and then we are left hanging.
No explanation of how it could be. Was it a figment of the characters imagination, a dream, or was it really true, and if so how could it be that the world was as the book has described it.
A fascinating world becomes real in the reading, but the end lets it down
or did I miss something?
