num_pages: 188
description: A dystopian epistolary novel. In the Country of Last Things  takes the form of a letter from a young woman named Anna Blume to a childhood friend. Anna has ventured into an unnamed city that has collapsed into chaos and disorder. In this bleak environment, no industry takes place and most of the population collects garbage or scavenges for objects to resell. City governments are unstable and are concerned only with collecting human waste and corpses for fuel. Anna has entered the city to search for her brother William, a journalist, and it is suggested that the Blumes come from a world to the East which has not collapsed.
language: English
title: In the Country of Last Things
titlecomplete: In the Country of Last Things
characters: Anna Blume, Samuel Farr, Boris Stepanovich, Victoria Woburn, Anne Blume
genres: American, Dystopia, Literary Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, Post Apocalyptic, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 13483
publisher: None