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The Loss and Loneliness in Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars

Wenqing Cao
Vol. 3, No. 11, pp. 196-201, 2023 DOI: 10.54691/fhss.v3i11.5767 November 22, 2023
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Abstract.Peter Heller, an American adventurer, describes a dystopian world after the epidemic in his debut book, The Dog Stars, where the ecosystem is broken, interpersonal relationships are indifferent, and the culture disappears. The book shows the fracture between human beings and nature, and demonstrates self-loss and the spiritual loneliness of human beings in the post-epidemic period. The author hopes to alert people to pay attention to the alienated relationship between people and nature, people, and culture in the post-epidemic period and warn of the disregard for species extinction, technology isolation, and cultural annihilation.
Keywords. Peter Heller; The Dog Stars; Post-apocalyptic; The Study of Emotions.
APA Citation Wenqing Cao (2023). The Loss and Loneliness in Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars. Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(11), 196-201. https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v3i11.5767

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