num_pages: 801
description: In one of the most profound and bestselling science fiction novels of all time, Samuel R. Delany has produced a novel "to stand with the best American fiction of the 1970s" (Jonathan Lethem, bestselling author of Fortress of Solitude ).Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something has happened there.... The population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. Into this disaster zone comes a young man—poet, lover, and adventurer—known only as the Kid.Tackling questions of race, gender, and sexuality, Dhalgren is a literary marvel and groundbreaking work of American magical realism.
language: English
title: Dhalgren
titlecomplete: Dhalgren
genres: Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Queer, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 11081
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Vintage