The City, Not Long AfterThe City, Not Long After is a post-apocalyptic tale of San Francisco. After a plague wipes out most of the population of the US, San Francisco is taken over by artists. They are remaking the city with their art (and a little bit of magic from the ghosts who haunt the city streets). When they are invaded by an army from Sacramento, they fight back using art. The New York Times said of this novel, "In Ms Murphy's skillful hands, the showdown between art and power takes on mythic dimensions while remaining rooted in the vivifying specifics of character and place. No one comes out of this confrontation unchanged, including the reader." The novel is, unfortunately, currently out of print. But my friends at Dark Carnival bookstore in Berkeley purchased a considerable supply when it was available — and can sell you a copy. And I'm delighted to say that this novel is being republished in Spring 2006 by Sharyn November at Firebird Books. You are visitor #Copyright © 2001 by Pat MurphyUpdate: |