L’uomo nell’alto castello (The Man in the High Castle) is a seminal work of alternate history by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1962. It won the Hugo Award and remains one of the most influential "what if" stories in science fiction.
The story is set in 1962, imagining a world where the Axis powers won World War II. The United States has been partitioned into three sections: L'uomo nell'alto castello
: Central to the plot is a banned book (or film in the TV adaptation) titled The Grasshopper Lies Heavy , which depicts a world where the Allies won the war. L’uomo nell’alto castello (The Man in the High