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Subject(s)

• Art—Fiction [Browse]
• Surrealism—Fiction [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—France—Paris—Fiction [Browse]
• Imaginary wars and battles—Fiction [Browse]
• Paris (France)—Fiction [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Science fiction [Browse]
• Fantasy fiction [Browse]
• War fiction [Browse]
• Alternative histories (Fiction) [Browse]

Summary note

In the chaos of wartime Marseille, 1941, American engineer--and occult disciple--Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever. In 1950, a lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts--and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse. But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties--to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself."-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-205).

Contents

• The Last Days of New Paris
• Afterword : On coming to write The Last Days of New Paris
• Notes : Some manifs, details, and their sources.

ISBN

• 9780345543998 ((hardback))
• 0345543998 ((hardback))
• 9781524797485 ((paperback))
• 1524797480 ((paperback))

LCCN

2016017029

OCLC

949669411

Other standard number

• 40027067690
• 99968443398

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