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3.0étoiles sur 5
An odd duck of a tale, Avril 22 2004
Tepper is an odd writer, each book different (at least, after her early fantasy trilogies), each book often exploring a different moral or idea. Some more successful than others. Always well written.The Visitor starts some generations into the future, on an Earth considerably changed after a catastrophic occurrence. We find, as does the key protagonist Disme Latimer as she reads the diary of her ancestress Nell Latimer, that something like an asteroid hit the Earth hard enough to shift tectonic plates, and kill most of the humans then living. The survivors split into many smaller communities. Disme is essentially an orphan, watched over for some ultimately nefarious purpose by her stepfamily. She sees and hears things and beings that others don't, but she keeps that information to herself. Nell joined a group of scientists who built a shelter deep underground hoping to survive the catastrophe. They took shifts in cryogenic sleep and kept an eye on the survivors. Eventually, Nell comes out of sleep to the time of Disme. Which is when things get strange. Without giving anymore away, there's a 'god' with a small 'g,' a being of the Fell,and people who get called to take on the aspects of avatars (for want of a better word), all brought into the mix. They go on a quest, find their various counterparts, and let the avators use them when needed, all of which leads to a confrontation between the avatars and the creatures of the Fell. Sounds like a fantasy in some ways, but it's more religious than anything else. The god is there to give humans yet another potential turning point. The questions at the end relate to whether or not we'll take a correct fork. Is it successful? I'm not sure. The characters are well crafted, and stay individuals even when their avatars take possession. The world is interesting. The Latimer family is interesting. But somehow the interactions are unconvincing, forced. I won't forget it, but I'm not sure I'll want to read it again.
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