Witness to the Future is a novel written by Danish author Klaus Rifbjerg in 1981.
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| Author | Klaus Rifbjerg |
|---|---|
| Original title | De hellige aber |
| Translator | Steven T. Murray |
| Language | Danish |
| Publisher | Gyldendal |
Publication date | 1981 |
Published in English | 1987 |
It is about two young boys who are playing in the woods outside Copenhagen in occupied Denmark in the Second World War. They discover a cave with a tunnel that leads them from 1941 to 1981. When they crawl out near a motorway, they run up against angry farmers, biker gangs, heroin addicts, and rabid dogs in a world that is close to nuclear war. They become involved in car theft, police chases, and the massive helicopter explosion.[1]
It is Rifbjerg's only work of science fiction. A review in Publishers Weekly called the book an "allegory of the chaos and emptiness of modern times that conveys admiration for a simpler past."[2]
The book was translated into English from the Danish original De hellige aber by Steve Murray in 1987.
References
edit- ^ "Witness to the Future". GoodReads. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ^ Anderson, Kristine J. (13 June 2006). "The Reception of Danish Science Fiction in the United States". Purdue Libraries. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
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