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The Postman

This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Dayor Alas, Babylon,David Brin's The Postmanis the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, from a modern master of science fiction.

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He was a survivor—a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter's day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 323 pages

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