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Dark Property: An Affliction

Brian Keith Evenson

New York: Black Square Editions, 2002

  • Brian Keith Evenson: Author
Novel
A woman carries a dying baby across a desert waste, moving toward a fortress harboring a mysterious resurrection cult. Menaced by scavengers, she nevertheless begins to suspect that the reality within the fortress may be even more unsettling than the blasted environment outside. As she slips unobtrusively towards the city of the dead, she is pursued by a bounty hunter who cuts a bloody swath after her. On one level, Dark Property is an exploration of religious fanaticism. Although Evenson's characters owe more to the Book of Mormon than the Koran, their frightening intensity will spark recognition in both reviewers and readers. This brooding tale is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and J. G. Ballard's more disturbing works of fiction.
outside_resources: http://www.brianevenson.com/property.html http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/0/0/57/5/
PS 3555 .V326 D37 2002
127
2002
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