Histopía

Histopía - David Means - Sexto Piso
Publisher name: 
Sexto Piso
Year of publication: 
2017
Pages: 
368
Book size:
15x23cm
Binding: 
Rustic

Eugene Allen is a young ex-combatant from the Vietnam War who, on his return to the United States, writes a masterful novel entitled Histopia, and then commits suicide. His friends and relatives offer testimony to reconstruct Allen's fleeting life as a puzzle, whose main legacy is the text where he offers his particular vision of the wounds that the war has produced in American society: in the twisted world of Histopia, in the decade John F. Kennedy has not died, but is still president after surviving six assassination attempts, and the government has created a mysterious agency called Psych Corps. The objective of this agency is to preserve the mental health of veterans through a technique called "folding," which suppresses all traumatic memories, unless the person who has undergone it is bathed in extremely cold water, or experiencing an orgasm In this context, the agents Singleton ...read more

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Book: Histopía

ISBN: 9786079436520
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