Swastika Night
by Katharine Burdekin
Taste attributes: science fictionpoliticalhistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, original science-fiction novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
Published in 1937, twelve years before Orwell's 1984, Swastika Night projects a totally male-controlled fascist world that has eliminated women as we know them. Women are breeders, kept as cattle, while men in this post-Hitlerian world are embittered automatons, fearful of all feelings, having abolished all history, education, creativity, books, and art.
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- Author
- Katharine Burdekin
- Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 196
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- Open Library
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