Summary
Philip Dick: Flow my tears, said the policeman
Jason Tavener, a famous and rich TV star, wakes up one morning and realizes that he cannot recognize himself. Overnight, he becomes a completely unknown person.
In this science fiction work, with the wit and heart typical of his oeuvre, Dick deals with his well-known theme of the future of America, in which an attempt is made to cover up the decay of its culture and the dysfunctionality of its society by promoting the worship of celebrities.
With this novel, Philip K. Dick takes the reader to the most dangerous limit - the one after which a person ceases to recognize himself. Jason Tavener, a famous and wealthy TV star, wakes up one morning and realizes that he cannot recognize himself. Overnight, he becomes an unknown man, a walking object that no one has ever heard of.
Despite the vision of an authoritarian state and a powerful police apparatus, this novel is a deeply humane book. She tries to question the roles assigned to us in life and how they hold us back more than they help us to develop to our full potential.
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