Andrzej Kmicic
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The Deluge was the climax of a series of wars that took place in Poland–Lithuania in the mid-17th century. The Commonwealth was first affected by the Khmelnytsky Uprising, which began in 1648, and affected southeastern provinces of the country.
Jan 10, 2023 · an epic work of great ambition, stephen markley’s the deluge (the follow-up to his 2018 debut novel, ohio) is a dark, dystopian tale of american catastrophe and collapse. spanning a quarter century (2013-2039) – and some 950 pages – the deluge is speculative fiction (or, god help us, precognitive foreboding) at its absolute ...
Jan 10, 2023 · —Stephen King, on Twitter "Immersive and ambitious, [The Deluge] shows the range of its author’s gifts: polyphonic narration, silken sentences and elaborate world-building.” — New York Times Book Review "An astonishing feat of procedural imagination, narrative construction and scientific acumen."
The Deluge by Gustave Doré (1865) The story of the flood occurs in chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Ten generations after the creation of Adam, God saw that the earth was corrupt and filled with violence, and he decided to destroy what he had created.
Jan 10, 2023 · Stephen Markley’s bracing, beguiling, uneven new novel, “The Deluge,” tracks a cadre of radicalized scientists and activists from the gathering storm of the Obama years to the super-typhoons ...
Jan 10, 2023 · The author of The Deluge, a 900-page novel about climate collapse, is a surprisingly cheerful guy. Here, he explains how he clings to hope in the face of despair.
Aug 24, 2011 · The opening of the novel sets the stage for a rich historical tapestry, detailing the esteem and nobility of the Billevich family and their significant place in the tumultuous landscape of 17th-century Poland.
In Poland, he is best known for his historical novels "With Fire and Sword", "The Deluge", and "Fire in the Steppe" (The Trilogy) set during the 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, while internationally he is best known for Quo Vadis, set in Nero's Rome.
Jan 10, 2023 · When there is yet another extreme weather event in “The Deluge” and many people lose their homes, communities and lives, it’s hard not to feel a bit bludgeoned by it all.
Jan 10, 2023 · As their stories hurtle toward a spectacular climax, each faces a reckoning: what will they sacrifice to salvage humanity’s last chance at a future? A singular achievement, The Deluge is a once-in-a-generation novel that meets the moment as few works of art ever have.
