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An unnerving but intriguing premise forms the backbone of matt ruffs latest novel, the mirage, one of the most daring 911inspired novels to emerge after that horrific day the seattle times ruff embraces his twisty concept with an attention to detail that suggests many months, more likely years, of fervent research. Mar 26, 2012 the mirage, by matt ruff, imagines the united arab states is the worlds only superpower. Gripping, subversive, and unexpectedly moving, the mirage probes our deepest convictions and most arresting fears. Feb 07, 2012 i am a huge fan of matt ruff s novels, so when friends in the know started to spontaneously tell me about how fantastic the advance manuscript theyd just read for his next novel, the mirage, was. A romance of souls 2003, bad monkeys 2007, the mirage 2012, and lovecraft country 2016.
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Oct 17, 2016 it is appropriate, therefore, that matt ruffs 2015 novel lovecraft country flips many horror genre tropes, some created by lovecraft, on their head by focusing on africanamerican characters and experiences, including driving while black and what it means to pass for white. The prisonerclaims that the world they are living in isa mirage in the real world, america is asuperpower, and the arab states are just acollection of backward thirdworld countries. Jan 01, 2012 a 2012 interview with matt ruff about his novel mirage, an alternate hsitory based on a world which is dominated by an islamic culture that is haunted by a usoriginated terrorist bombing on 11092001. I couldnt help but be reminded of these while reading matt ruff s new novel the mirage, considering the story plays off that same what if premise. If you amalgamated the methodical, punctilious, worldbuilding skills of ian mcdonald with the realitydistortion powers of philip k. Jun 10, 2017 dread dialectic, where scix maddix and michael t bradley discuss horror novels, with a specific focus on representational andor indie titles though not every episode will be such. The mirage was nominated for the sidewise award for alternate history. Critically acclaimed cult novelist matt ruff makes visceral the terrors of life in jim crow america and its lingering. The mirage matt ruff ebook harpercollins publishers. Mirage is the story of a world in which arabia is the superpower and the united states a third world backwater country. Matt ruff discusses his alternate history novel the mirage. Think of robert harriss fatherland, which takes place in a victorious nazi germany in 1964. A mindbending novel in which an alternate history of 911 and its aftermath uncovers startling truths about america and the middle east1192001. The mirage ebook by matt ruff 9780062097934 rakuten kobo.
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