by Philip José Farmer · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253061199
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«Le Monde du fleuve» is the science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (347 pages, in French).
All of humanity, some forty billion people from every era and culture, wakes up naked on the banks of an infinite river. Among the resurrected are Richard Burton, Mark Twain, John Lackland, Helen of Troy, Cyrano de Bergerac, Mozart and Ulysses, who try to discover who built this world and why they have been brought back to life.
First volume of the Le Fleuve de l'éternité saga, set in the river world. The work won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1972.
Recommended for readers of classic science fiction interested in original premises, resurrection and encounters between historical figures.
Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded. For his actions in saving 382 Jews during the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, he was recognized in 1996 by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations.
