The Epic of Clair
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0983300267 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Believer said A Riveting Epic Poem with a Dystopian Flavour. "The Epic of Clair" by E.C. Hansen is an epic story told in unrhymed verse that takes the reader into the futuristic world of Minneapolis -St. Paul. Oil reserves have been depleted. Jobs are scarce. The wealthy seem to grow richer while the poor struggle to survive. Chaos has taken the Twin Cities by storm and open aggression threatens.In this madness Clair Ibsen faces homelessness, her family home in foreclosure after her father lost his job as an English teacher. Bartering her father's limited carpentry skills and the produce in the garden the family barely survives, but when her. "A pleasure to read this work of art" according to Michael Scott. A pleasurable read with fun character interactions, a pleasantly gripping story, and characters to look up to. I'm inspired to hope for our future by this perspective of an artful, connected response to undesired life circumstances.I struggled at first with the iambic pentameter form, but it quickly became natural. In fact, the couple pages of prose near the end felt surprisingly unnatural after the flow of the previous chapters. It's clear from reading this why the classics are still read, and I'm looking forward to re-approaching them after this modern bridge into the potential d. I recommend it to all Don M. Dean The Epic of Clair is a very readable, well-written story, with a theme very relevant to today's world. I recommend it to all.
Told in the unrhymed verse of epic poetry--the choice of Shakespeare and Milton--but written in contemporary, everyday language, author-poet E.C. At 15, her life is upside down. Among these dizzying challenges, Clair puts her feet to work as a messenger for a secret coven of literary witches. Oil has dried up. The time: an alternate 2008. Hansen has crafted this charming, fleet-footed work as an optimistic antidote to the recent flood of dystopian teen novels. As urban unrest grows, war becomes imminent.If that's not enough, star student and runner Clair Ibsen has problems of her own. Her father has lost his job. By using the form that he does, Hansen really reminded me of how beautiful language can be." -- thelibrarylife.wordpress"I think what's most remarkable about this book is its tone. The suburbs are walled strongholds of wealth and weapons. "The scenario is more convincingly devised than the ones seen in the Hunger Games movies and in Divergent." -- Frederick Turner, author and Founders Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas"Every way I look at it, this book is a breath of fresh air. Facing homelessness, Clair suffers from the ailment of the age: anxiety. As each mission takes her deeper into the heart of her fractured city, Clair soon finds that such persuasion comes at a