THE LONG WINTER, JOHN CHRISTOPHER,1962,SCIENCE FICTION

THE LONG WINTER

...A NEW ICE AGE IS THE SPUR THAT DRIVES A SMALL GROUP OF ENGLISHMEN TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN EXODUS TO THE WARM LANDS OF AFRICA; AND TO FACE THERE A REVERSAL OF THE OLD ROLES OF BLACK AND WHITE

BY

JOHN CHRISTOPHER

SIMON AND SCHUSTER

NEW YORK

1962

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"THIS EXCITIN NOVEL TAKES AS ITS THEME THE AGE OLD CONFLICT BETWEEN BLACK MAN AND WHITE MAN, SUDDENLY INTENSIFIED BY A CATASTROPHE WHICH REVERSES THE TRADITIONAL ROLES OF OPPRESSOR AND OPPRESSED."

"AS THE STORY BEGINS, THE SUN HAS BEGUN TO WANE AND THE NORTHERN COUNTRIES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY COLD AND BARREN.  A NEW ICE AGE IS INTHE OFFING,AND WITH IT, THE BALANCE OF POWER GRADUALLY SHIFTS TO THE FORMERLY IMPOVERSIHED NATIONS OF THE SOUTH, MANY OF THEM ONLY JUST EMERGING FROM COLONIALISM.  THE OUND, THE DOLLAR, THE RUBLE AND THE DEUTSCHMARK, ALL THE CURRENCIES THAT ONCE RULED THE WORLD ARE VALUELESS, AND THE INHABITANTS OF ERUOPE AND NORTH AMERICA MUST EITHER EMIGRATE OR STAY BEHIND, SINMKING INTO FEUDALISM AND BARBARITY AS THEIR SOCIAL STRUCTURES WSEAKENAND COLLAPSE IN THE RIGORS OF AN ETERNAL WINTER."

"FOR THOSE WHO EMIGRATE, THERE IS A NEW BITTERNESS--FOR IT IS NOW THE EUROPEANS WHO ARE UNDERDOGS, INSULTED, DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND PATRONIZED INTHE COUNTRIES THEY ONCE RULES.  THE TABLES HAVE BEEN TURNED."

"THE LONG WINTER IS THE STORY OF TWO MARRIED COUPLES IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLAND, WHO MUST FACE THIS BITTER CHOICE AND MAKE THE DECISION WHICH MEANS LIFE OR DEATH, STARVATION AT HOME OR POSSIBLE SERVITUDE ABROAD.  THEIR LIVES, TANGLED BY DOMESTIC CRISES, ARE ENGULFED BY THIS NEW AND LARGER THREAT, WHICH FORCES THEM TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF DANGER."

"LIKE JOHN CHRISTOPHER'S PREVIOUS BOOKS, NO BLADE OF GRASS, THE DAVES OF NIGHT AND THE WHITE VOYAGE, THIS IS A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, FANTASY AND ADVENTURE, WITH CHARACTERS WHO ARE REAL AND CONVINCING PEOPLE FACING UP TO SUDDEN AND EXGTRAORDINARY PROBLEMS AND COMING TO GRIPS WITH THEIR OWN COWARDICE OR COURAGE, LOVE OR HATE.....

THIS BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE DUSTJACKET IS SCRAPED AND LIGHTLY SOILED WITH SMALL RIPS.  THE COVER IS LIGHTLY SOILED, EDGES AND CORNERS GENTLY BUMPED AND SCRAPED.  THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND ALL PAGES CLEAN AND INTACT.  A NICE COPY WITH 240 PAGES.