Hollow Earth /John Kinsella.
Kinsella, John,
Hollow Earth /John Kinsella. - Melbourne, Vic. : Transit Lounge, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (268 pages) - Hollow earth ; 1 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Fascinated by caves and digging holes since childhood, Manfred discovers a path through to another realm via a Neolithic copper mine at Mount Gabriel in Schull, Ireland. The world of Hollow Earth, while no Utopia, is a sophisticated civilisation. Its genderless inhabitants are respectful of their environment, religious and cultural differences are accommodated without engendering hate or suspicion, and grain, not missile silos are built. Yet Ari and Zest accompany Manfred back to the surface world. 'Come with me and see my world.' So begins an extraordinary adventure in which the three wander the Earth like Virgil's Aeneas, Ari and Zest seeking re-entry to their own world. The Hollow Earthers are shocked at the cruelty and lies of the surface world, the dieback spreading through the forests. Yet they are seduced by the world's temptations.
9781925760279 9781925760323
Communities--Fiction.
Civilization, Subterranean--Fiction.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Fiction.
Nature and civilization--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Electronic Books.
PR9619 / .H655 2019
Hollow Earth /John Kinsella. - Melbourne, Vic. : Transit Lounge, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (268 pages) - Hollow earth ; 1 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Fascinated by caves and digging holes since childhood, Manfred discovers a path through to another realm via a Neolithic copper mine at Mount Gabriel in Schull, Ireland. The world of Hollow Earth, while no Utopia, is a sophisticated civilisation. Its genderless inhabitants are respectful of their environment, religious and cultural differences are accommodated without engendering hate or suspicion, and grain, not missile silos are built. Yet Ari and Zest accompany Manfred back to the surface world. 'Come with me and see my world.' So begins an extraordinary adventure in which the three wander the Earth like Virgil's Aeneas, Ari and Zest seeking re-entry to their own world. The Hollow Earthers are shocked at the cruelty and lies of the surface world, the dieback spreading through the forests. Yet they are seduced by the world's temptations.
9781925760279 9781925760323
Communities--Fiction.
Civilization, Subterranean--Fiction.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Fiction.
Nature and civilization--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Electronic Books.
PR9619 / .H655 2019