The last one: a novel
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"In Alexandra Oliva's thrilling fiction debut, survival is the name of the game, as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself--and one woman's mind and body are pushed to the limit. It begins with a reality TV show.Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face challenges that will test the limits of their endurance. While they are out there, something terrible happens--but how widespread is the destruction, and has it occurred naturally or is it man-made? When one of them--a young woman the show's producers call Zoo--stumbles across the devastation, she can imagine only that it is part of the game. Alone and disoriented, Zoo is heavy with doubt regarding the life--and husband--she left behind, but she refuses to quit. Staggering countless miles across unfamiliar territory, Zoo must summon all her survival skills--and learn new ones as she goes. But as her emotional and physical reserves dwindle, she grasps that the real world might have been altered in terrifying ways--and her ability to parse the charade will be either her triumph or her undoing. Sophisticated and provocative, The Last One is a novel that forces us to confront the role that media plays in our perception of what is real: how readily we cast our judgments, how easily we are manipulated." --
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Oliva, A. (2016). The last one: a novel. First edition. New York, Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Oliva, Alexandra. 2016. The Last One: A Novel. New York, Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Oliva, Alexandra, The Last One: A Novel. New York, Ballantine Books, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Oliva, Alexandra. The Last One: A Novel. First edition. New York, Ballantine Books, 2016.
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