Book guide
Dhalgren
A nameless poet enters a city where reality has shattered and myth walks the streets.
Genre and trope pairingsSci-FiUnreliable narratorSci-FiPost-apocalypticLiteraryUnreliable narratorLiteraryIdentity crisisLiterarySocial commentary
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About Dhalgren
Bellona, a mysterious city at the centre of America, has been abandoned by most of its population and filled with portents, criminals, and survivors. Into this disaster zone comes the Kid, a young poet and wanderer whose journey explores identity, desire, race, gender, and fractured reality.
Reading signals
- Spice
- High
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- adult/minor relationship
- sexual content
- rape
- racial slurs
- racism
- violence
- pedophilia
- death
- drug abuse
- mental illness
- gun violence
- sexual assault
- child death
