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Available
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Publication
Paladin (1989), Edition: New Ed, Paperback
Description
An early and daring novel from the Hugo Award-winning author about a young woman caught up in the glamor and dangers of 1950s California Mary Anne Reynolds is young, vulnerable, and looking for love in Pacific Park, California. During her brief affairs with a middle-aged record shop owner and then a black blues singer, she seems to only succeed in offending the people living in the small-town of Pacific Park, both by her choice of lifestyle and choice of suitors. And while she stumbles through her various relationships and faces her overwhelming need to get out of town, Mary Anne shines as a "forerunner of the liberated sixties woman" (Library Journal) in this novel by the late prolific novelist, Philip K. Dick.
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LibraryThing member quilted_kat
Mary and the Giant was written by Philip K. Dick when he was in his 20s, but he could never find a publisher for it. It was published by his estate after his death. It is one of his many attempts to write “mainstream fiction,” rather than the science fiction that he was known for producing.
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and the Giant provides a good example of writing that proves Dick could write “normal” books, and write them well. The protagonist is a young woman, which is a change from his usual male characters. My only complaint about the story is that Dick seemed to share the view of the time period that all young women are neurotic until they get have a baby and settle down. Show Less
LibraryThing member Firewild
Interesting viewpoint on the issues of race and gender in the 1950s. Very interesting to read non-sci-fi fiction by PKD. Anticlimatic conclusion, but I guess that was the point. Definitely shows the limited options and other hurdles in women's lives during that time.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1953 - 1955 (manuscript)
1987
Physical description
224 p.; 19.6 cm
ISBN
0586087834 / 9780586087831
Local notes
Omslag: Ean Taylor
Omslaget viser en amerikansk pladebutik med en flyder af en bil parkeret udenfor.
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Omslaget viser en amerikansk pladebutik med en flyder af en bil parkeret udenfor.
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
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Pages
224
DDC/MDS
| 813.54 |