by Philip K. Dick · Aleph · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788576570769
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«O Homem do Castelo Alto» is the science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, published by Aleph in paperback (300 pages, in Brazilian Portuguese).
The book presents an alternate history in which the Axis won World War II: Germany and Japan dominate the world, the United States has disappeared, Africa is devastated, the Black population is enslaved, and Jews survive in hiding. Dick interweaves several stories to question what reality is.
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. Portuguese translation by Fábio Fernandes; original title: The Man in the High Castle.
For fans of science fiction, alternate histories, and dystopias, and of the work of Philip K. Dick.
Philip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. He is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century science fiction.
