We’ve seen so many books about the fall of our civilization, dystopian novels that focus on the ramifications for small and large communities alike. But what would happen to a community that’s ...
When the apocalypse arrives in David Williams' debut novel, it is beautiful. "The angels came and filled the heavens," writes Jacob, the Amish farmer whose late-night diaries narrate the collapse of ...
The cover of "When the English Fall." Placing the Amish at the center of a post-apocalyptic novel seems both unlikely and inspired. David Williams, the pastor of a Presbyterian church in Virginia, has ...
In 1859, a solar storm turned night into day around the world while downing telegraph systems. One can only imagine the havoc such an event would cause now. David Williams has, in a debut novel set in ...
WHEN THE ENGLISH FALL, by David Williams. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 242 pp., $24.95. David Williams’ clever first novel, “When the English Fall,” is a wholly unique entry in a genre desperate ...
In 1859, a solar storm turned night into day around the world while downing telegraph systems. One can only imagine the havoc such an event would cause now. David Williams has, in a debut novel set in ...
The Fall of Language in the Age of English, by the Japanese novelist and scholar Minae Mizumura, has all the ingredients of a rage-read. Indeed, when it was published in Japan in 2008, it infuriated ...
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