The Postman
By: David Brin
Edition: Bantam Paperback Edition
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780553278743
Copyright date: 1985
Description: This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.  A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin's The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, from a modern master of science fiction. He was a survivor--a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war.  Fate touches him one chill winter's day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold.  The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.