Sweetwater (Unesco Collection of Representative Works. European Series)

In Twilight Country Faldbakken introduced readers to Sweetwater Dump, the rubbish heap where Sweetwater citizens (with ideals) set up housekeeping to escape their society's bureaucratic demands. In this sequel, those citizens have deteriorated physically and morally. War and deprivation have taken their toll and the struggle to survive leads them to desperate acts. Ultimately, they are driven back to their ravaged town of Sweetwater. The author pessimistically suggests that these self-proclaimed outcasts can never create a better society, but this narrative, which shows the loose tribe enduring if not flourishing, implies at least a Darwinian survival of the fittest."" - Publishers Weekly.