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02670aam a22002898i 4500 001 B14D563EB21311E6B9A714DFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161124010030 008 160114s2016 cau 000 1 eng 010 $a 2015049535 020 $a 0872867005 (softcover) 020 $a 9780872867000 (softcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3554.A33 $b L67 2016 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Daitch, Susan, $e author. 245 14 $a The lost civilization of Suolucidir / $c Susan Daitch. 264 1 $a San Francisco : $b City Lights Publishers, $c 2016. 300 $a 310 pages ; $c 21 cm. 505 0 $a First collapse -- Silent, deserted, fallen cities -- The book of smoke -- Hilliard and Congreaves. 520 $a "A series of archeological expeditions unfolds through time, each one looking for the ruins of a fabled underground city-state that once flourished in a remote province near the border of present-day Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Sealed off for centuries by seismic activity, Suolucidir beckons with the promise of plunder and the glory of discovery, fantasies as varied as the imaginations of her aspiring modern-day conquerors. As the tumult of the twentieth century's great wars, imperial land grabs and anti-colonial revolutions swirl across its barren, deserted landscape, the ancient city remains entombed below the surface of the earth. A succession of adventurers, speculators and unsavory characters arrive in search of their prize, be it archeological treasure, oil, or evidence of crimes and punishments. Intrigue, conspiracies, and counter-plots abound, and contemporary events interfere with each expedition, whether in the form of the Axis advance, British Petroleum, or the Revolutionary Guards. People disappear, relics are stolen, and the city closes in upon itself once more. A satiric, post-colonial adventure story of mythic proportions, The Lost Civilization of Suolucidir takes place against a background of actual events, in a part of the world with a particular historical relationship to Russia and the West. But though we are treated to visual "evidence" of its actual existence, Suolucidir remains a mystery, perhaps an invention of those who seek it, a place where history and identity are subject to revision, and the boundaries between East and West are anything but solid, reliable, or predictable"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Archaeological expeditions $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Extinct cities $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211021055.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B14D563EB21311E6B9A714DFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search