The Fresco
| Title | The Fresco |
| Year for Search | 2000 |
| Authors | Tepper, Sheri [Shirley] S[tewart](1929-2016) |
| Date Published | 2000 |
| Publisher | Eos |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | A first contact novel that uses the form to explore problems both in the alien society and on Earth. The alien society has based its social structure on a false reading of an ancient fresco covered in centuries of accumulated dirt. Cleaning the fresco threatens to destroy the society, which is based on the idea that each person has one and only one appropriate social role. On the basis of tradition outweighing truth, the fresco is repainted to reflect the traditional version. The Earth gains a eutopia of civility. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Female author (1929-2016). |
| Full Text | 2000 Tepper, Sheri [Shirley] S[tewart] (1929-2016). The Fresco. New York: Eos. PSt A first contact novel that uses the form to explore problems both in the alien society and on Earth. The alien society has based its social structure on a false reading of an ancient fresco covered in centuries of accumulated dirt. Cleaning the fresco threatens to destroy the society, which is based on the idea that each person has one and only one appropriate social role. On the basis of tradition outweighing truth, the fresco is repainted to reflect the traditional version. The Earth gains a eutopia of civility. Female author. |
