The Affirmation

by Christopher PriestBook 1 of 5 in Dream Archipelago
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Description

Peter Sinclair is tormented by bereavement and failure. In an attempt to conjure some meaning from his life, he embarks on an autobiography, but he finds himself writing the story of another man in another, imagined, world whose insidious attraction draws him even further in...

What it’s like

ThemeParallel UniverseNew WeirdCosmic DreadPensiveIdentity & Selfhood
HorrorCreepy

Awards

FinalistBSFA Award for Best Novel1982

Details

First published
May 1981
Pages
230
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Valancourt Books
Language
English
ISBN
9781941147474
Series
Dream Archipelago, Book 1

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