Set This House in Order: A Romance Of Souls

Speculative fiction by Matt Ruff

Blurb

"Andy Gage was "born" just two years ago, called into being to serve as the public face of a multiple personality. While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary house inside Andy's head, struggling to maintain an orderly co-existence: Aaron, the father figure, who makes the rules; Adam, the mischievous teenager, who breaks them; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist; Seferis, the defender; and Gideon, the dark soul, who wants to get rid of Andy and the others and run things on his own." Andrew's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality - a fact that Penny is only partially aware of. When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees, setting in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the house. Now Andy and Penny must work together to uncover a terrible secret that Andy has been keeping from himself ...

First Published

2003

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Besonders am Anfang beeindruckend und mitreißend. Der Perspektivenwechsel zwischen den verschiedenen Persönlichkeiten zeigt dem Leser, wie sich ebendiese Persönlichkeiten fühlen müssen. Das ist manchmal verwirrend -- aber für Leute mit multiplen Persönlichkeiten muss das ja auch die ganze Zeit verwirrend sein. Neben der Idee der multiplen Persönlichkeiten ist die Story aber auch an sich spannend -- also ein lesenswertes Buch, auch wenn es seinen Schwung vor allem im ersten und letzten Drittel hat...

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