Valis
by Dick, Philip K
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Nr Fine
- Seller
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Bridgeville, California, United States
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Synopsis
“Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.”—Roberto Bolaño What is VALIS? This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick’s ground-breaking novel, and the first book in his defining trilogy. When a beam of pink light begins giving a schizophrenic man named Horselover Fat (who just might also be known as Philip K. Dick) visions of an alternate Earth where the Roman Empire still reigns, he must decide whether he is crazy, or whether a godlike entity is showing him the true nature of the world. VALIS is essential reading for any true Philip K. Dick fan, a novel that Roberto Bolaño called “more disturbing than any novel by [Carson] McCullers.” By the end, like Dick himself, you will be left wondering what is real, what is fiction, and just what the price is for divine inspiration.
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- Bookseller
- A Gyenis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2189
- Title
- Valis
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Nr Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Paperback Original
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks;
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A Gyenis
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