Fiskadoro (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Denis Johnson
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Apocalyptic
- Time of Work: The mid-twenty-first century
- Setting: The Florida Keys
- Principal Characters: Fiskadoro Hidalgo, Anthony Terrence Cheung, Marie Wright
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Science fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Social issues, Future, Ethnic relations, Death or dying, Science fiction, Rites or ceremonies, Orphans or orphanages, End of the world, Nuclear warfare or weapons, Rock music
- Locales: Key West, FL, Twicetown (fictive)
The Novel
In Fiskadoro, Denis Johnson, a poet-novelist whose apocalyptic impulse is the driving force behind much of his work, propels readers forward into a cosmos born out of the ashes of a nuclear holocaust. He brilliantly imagines a world cut off from all that remains elsewhere, a present disconnected from its past. This is a world ruled by new religions, where Quonset huts sit beside the burned-out husks of automobiles. This is a landscape scarred by fire, contaminated by radioactive waste. This is “a place ignored by authority,” a society of bizarre...
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