 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Jonathan Carroll |
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| Cover artist | Dave McKean |
| Language | English |
| Published | April 1992 (UK) April 1993 (US) |
| Publisher | MacDonald & Co (UK) Doubleday (US) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 0385473516 |
After Silence is the eighth novel by the American writer Jonathan Carroll, published in 1992. It tells the story of a successful cartoonist, the protagonist Max Fischer, who fell in love with a woman. Later he discovers many secrets, including a terrifying crime, about the woman and is confused about what to do.
Reviews of the novel are mixed. LA Times Reviewer Susan Heeger, thought the plot had a strong design, but was not expertly told: "Carroll's book doesn't rise above the level of an intriguing cautionary tale over-directed by someone anxious to get his point across." Publishers Weekly had a much more positive review, writing that the novel is "An electrifying, unforgettable novel that unfolds with the logic of a Greek tragedy, Carroll's parable on moral cowardice uncompromising honesty about how secrets gnaw and kill." The London Review of Books describes the novel as representing the American "everyday" with "delicate descriptions".
References
- www.isfdb.org Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ Heeger, Susan (1993-05-16). "A Legacy of Pain : AFTER SILENCE, By Jonathan Carroll (Doubleday: $21; 227 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- "Fiction Book Review: After Silence-P331074/3 by Jonathan Carroll, Author Doubleday Books $21 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-41974-1". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- Chaudhuri, Amit (1992-07-09). "Here is a little family". London Review of Books. pp. 18–19. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
External links
| Works by Jonathan Carroll | |
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| Answered Prayers Sextet |
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| The Crane's View Trilogy |
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| Other novels |
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| Novellas and short story collections |
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