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The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil is a 130-page novella by the American writer George Saunders. It has been described as a parable and likened to George Orwell's Animal Farm. Its author has said it is about "the human tendency to continuously divide the world into dualities".
6 sept. 2005 · The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil is a satire and political allegory that I picked up a few weeks ago, not knowing how prophetic it was going to turn out to be. In this surrealistic novella, Phil, an opportunist and demagogue, takes control of the nation of Outer Horner by appealing to nationalistic feelings and scapegoating immigrants.
2 oct. 2005 · A bitter, uncharismatic -- though articulate -- demagogue called Phil arises, challenging a fatuous president who appears to have tumbled out of his own Harold Pinter play.
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders | Penguin Random House Canada. Author George Saunders. Add to Goodreads. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.
17 août 2010 · The brief and frightening reign of Phil. by. Saunders, George, 1958-. Publication date. 2005. Topics. Power (Social sciences), Citizenship, Political fiction, Fantasy fiction. Publisher.
In a profoundly strange country called Inner Horner, large enough for only one resident at a time, citizens waiting to enter the country fall under the rule of the power-hungry and tyrannical Phil, setting off a chain of injustice and mass hysteria.
6 sept. 2005 · The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil. George Saunders. Penguin, Sep 6, 2005 - Fiction - 144 pages. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel...
