Russell Hoban – Riddley Walker – First Edition 1980
£150.00
A first edition, first printing, published by Cape in 1980. A near fine book without inscriptions in like dust wrapper. Corners a little bumped
A post-apocalyptic novel set in a ruined future Kent, written in a fractured version of English that reflects cultural collapse. Narrated by the young Riddley, it follows his journey through a violent, superstitious society trying dimly to recover lost knowledge. The book is famous for making language itself part of the story, showing how history, myth, and power survive in distorted forms after catastrophe.
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A first edition, first printing, published by Cape in 1980. A near fine book without inscriptions in like dust wrapper. Corners a little bumped
A post-apocalyptic novel set in a ruined future Kent, written in a fractured version of English that reflects cultural collapse. Narrated by the young Riddley, it follows his journey through a violent, superstitious society trying dimly to recover lost knowledge. The book is famous for making language itself part of the story, showing how history, myth, and power survive in distorted forms after catastrophe.
