Earth Abides (Sf Masterworks Series No. 12)

Description: In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life. Author Biography: SALES POINTS * #12 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * The first winner of the International Fantasy Award * 'A profound, poetic, post-holocaust novel of immense stature: so special I wanted mine to be the only copy' -- Garry Kilworth