# Dhalgren

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- Book: [Dhalgren](https://www.bookquiver.com/samuel-r-delany/dhalgren) ([Dhalgren.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/samuel-r-delany/dhalgren.md))
- Authors: [Samuel R. Delany](https://www.bookquiver.com/samuel-r-delany)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7509-100-9
- Published: 2010-07-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A young man arrives in the anarchic city of Bellona, in a near future USA. This world has two moons but could otherwise be our own. The man, known only as 'the Kid' begins to write a novel called Dhalgren that begins where it ends. Dhalgren is about the possibilites of fiction and aboout the special demands and pleasures of youth culture.