David Karp (2) (1922–1999)
Autor(a) de One
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Ware, Wallace (pseudonym)
Singer, Adam (pseudonym) - Data de nascimento
- 1922-05-05
- Data de falecimento
- 1999-09-11
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Educação
- City College of New York
- Ocupações
- novelist
screenwriter - Organizações
- United States Army (WWII)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Membros
- 147
- Popularidade
- #140,982
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 19
"One" by David Karp, 1953.
It is like a nightmarish but plausible convergence of an über HR Services Dept. and the State, attempting to flush out and supplant individual heresy with conformity, even when dealing with the life of a most innocuous individual. A bit like some of the places we now have to work in really. Sh*t, I've really dropped myself in it now. I’m so skeptical and paranoid of any workplace that attempts to implement cultural change ever since. (I automatically switch in to heresy mode, can't help it.) They won’t come for me yet but it'd be only a matter of time, why are they waiting? Posting this now before it's too late because I don’t even what I’m going to major in, maybe Theoretical Physics or Computer Science, let alone what work I’ll do in the future [2018 EDIT: It’s so funny reading this in 2018…ROTFL!]
I just finished re-reading this magnificent novel that I first discovered in the early '80s. I had come across this title on James Martin's "Beginner's Manual for Apprentice Book Burners", a satirical list of "burnable" books. I then fortuitously found a copy in the used book sale at my local library for 50 cents and read it right away. The book blew me away. It is easily one of the best dystopian novels ever written. The obliteration of the main character's identity because of his inability to conform is one of the most hair raising episodes I've ever come across. I read that Karp wrote the screenplay for two TV productions of "One" in the Fifties. I would love to find those. This book is definitely comparable to "1984". I would recommend to anyone who likes "One" another neglected classic of this genre.
It is truly the psychological thriller of the genre. There are but three main characters: the protagonist, a Professor Burden, who is oblivious of any threat he may represent to The State until, by chance, he is called into The Department of Internal Examination (The Department) for a review of a report he has made. Professor Burden has a minor but interesting connection to the state. His interview is revealing and he is subsequently brought to the attention of Assistant Commissioner Lark, who must verify if indeed the professor is a threat, and what must be done. From here I found myself unable to put the book down. Mr. Karp has written such a compelling story of the all-powerful state against the individual; we are to find out what the state might, or must, do in order to maintain control of its citizenry. Lastly the reader is introduced to a Mr. Hughes. There are, of course, secondary characters.
All of whom contribute to a riveting story.
[2018 EDIT: Thank you SO much for mentioning this brilliant book Robert. I read it over many eons ago, and thought it as good as or maybe better than in 1981. But I lost my copy, and all I could remember was the title. It’s been driving me mad for years because I would love to re-read it, but searching for “One” on the Net never produced a result. Turns out Amazon listed six copies. Now only four because I’ve just bought two of them - one for me and one as backup. An absolute ‘must read’. Incredibly powerful. Once again, many thanks. This is such an extraordinary - but almost completely forgotten - dystopian novel that I can’t help but add another comment. But first, there are not four but about twenty copies available via Amazon, in the UK and the US. Buy one! You won’t regret it. It’s so long since I read it that I couldn’t write a decent review right now, but here is one from Amazon which sums it up nicely.]… (mais)