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  • The Answer

  • A Fable for Our Times
  • Written by: Philip Wylie
  • Narrated by: Joel Grey
  • Length: 1 hr and 33 mins

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The Answer

Written by: Philip Wylie
Narrated by: Joel Grey
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It's the 1950's; after a nuclear blast in the mid-Pacific, a Thoreau-reading American Air Force General makes an unexpected and troubling discovery. There, in a flowery field on a tiny island in the middle of a vast ocean, is an angel, its beautiful face frozen in a death mask and its huge wings wrapped around an inert body. As the general ponders this mystery, the Soviets discover their own angel after a similar nuclear test in Siberia. Are these twin phenomena a ploy in the ongoing hostilities between two international powers? Or has divine intervention actually pointed the way toward a new political era?

Out of the confusion and dismay provoked by the discovery of these ethereal messengers comes a message both simple and profound. Originally published in 1955, this enchanting, sometimes chilling novella tackles a question that has plagued human since civilization began: How can we live together in peace?

©1963 Phillip Wylie (P)2009 Phoenix
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