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The Dark-Haired Girl
1988
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In all Philip K. Dick's writings a rare quality stands out: a deep human and intellectual honesty, almost an inability to hide behind his work, revealing himself rather through it. Dick's trust in his readers was absolute, unparalleled among fellow science fiction writers. A trust that is not at all misplaced. because they were the one who kept the interest in all his production alive, even for the realistic texts that the publishing of his time had rejected. With "The Dark-Haired Girl" Dick wanted to share with those who would read him the inner torment following the breakup of his marriage, at a time of great uncertainty about his personal future. This openness goes beyond a simple admission of fragility. Interpreting his thoughts, experiences and dreams, the great writer hopes to better understand what distinguishes the human from the simulacrum, man from the machine. The result is a book that establishes a surprising and penetrating connection between his art and the events of his life. Introduction by Carlo Pagetti.
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Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick
Author · 199 books

Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. In 1952, he began writing professionally and proceeded to write numerous novels and short-story collections. He won the Hugo Award for the best novel in 1962 for The Man in the High Castle and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year in 1974 for Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982, in Santa Ana, California, of heart failure following a stroke. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote approximately 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. Although Dick spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, ten of his stories have been adapted into popular films since his death, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, and The Adjustment Bureau. In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik one of the one hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library of America series.

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