Life at the Edge of the World: a novella in ten parts

Life at the Edge of the World: a novella in ten parts

by J. Carlisle
Life at the Edge of the World: a novella in ten parts

Life at the Edge of the World: a novella in ten parts

by J. Carlisle

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Overview

J. Carlisle presents the most significant contemporary philosophical takes on coping with the Absurd as accessible and thoughtful allegory in his second work Life at the Edge of the World. It depicts a sequence of absurd characters living at peak irony, all the while peeling away the layers of civility and social pretences which separate the protagonist Gunaf from his furry companion Bur. Their physical journey takes them to the actual edge of the world simultaneous with the stripping away of the last vestiges of Gunaf's humanity. There he must confront the embodiment of nothingness and examine the purpose of his own life.

In the far north lies a small village pushed up against an impenetrable mountainside. The elders teach that their home marks the furthest limit of human civilization, and that beyond the high and snowy ridge at their backs lies the final end of all creation, the edge of the world. An unusually warm season brings unwelcome invaders from the south, but it also begins to thaw a long-forgotten pass through the mountains. Gunaf's family and neighbors choose to surrender to the invaders, but he embarks with his beloved pet on a quest begun by his ancestors to reach the true edge of the world. What he finds there will change his life forever, if he lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781548926991
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 07/19/2017
Pages: 136
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

I, J. Carlisle, am an active author located in Denver, CO. My works are informed and inspired by popular modern philosophy and framed within the unlimited realms of fantasy. They are presented within a unique and ever-growing world of my own creation, utilizing the same geography, religions, fauna, magic systems, and language. The language, called Hoxy, is a simple cypher, and a curious reader will discover a hidden world of subtext upon deciphering it.

I am committed to the idea of self-publishing as the way of the future for authors and I urge readers to consider the works of self-published authors as having the same seriousness and potential as traditionally published works. I believe that the next generation of great books will be self-published, and that literary agents and publishing houses are no longer necessary or justified.
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