British Science Fiction Association Awards
The Unconquered Country
The Unconquered Country is Geoff Ryman's novella about violence, domination, memory, and the power of storytelling through an imagined country. Using a fantastic setting, it allegorically reveals political oppression and the wounds of individual life.
Work Information
The tale of an unconquered country turns oppression and wounded memory into allegory.
First published as a shorter work and later issued as a standalone book, it uses the framework of fantasy to question the lives of people caught in history and the ethics of narration.
Book Information
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Published
- 1986-08-25
- Pages
- 144 pages
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780048233141
- ISBN-10
- 0048233145
- Price
- 1343 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy
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Reviews
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Depressing
I was disappointed in this novella. I heard it was an award-winning fantasy, but it is a thinly-disguised account of the Khmer Rouge rebellion in Cambodia with a few science-fictional elements pasted on it. While the writing is good, the story is so heartbreaking and depressing that I couldn't finish it.