It's 1775,and Celine is in trouble. From colonial America to this very moment to the moon,this is a historical novel like no other.
It's the eighteenth century,and Celine is in trouble. Her husband is mostly absent. Her parents are elsewhere. And meanwhile men are inventing stories about her - about her affairs,her sexuality,her orgies and addictions.
All these stories are lies,but the public loves them - spreading them like a virus. Celine can only watch as her name becomes a symbol for everything rotten this society ruled by men high on colonial genocide,natural destruction,and crimes against women.
To survive,Celine and her friends must band together in search of justice,truth and beauty. Fantastical,funny and blindingly bright,The Future Future follows one woman on an urgently contemporary quest to clear her name and change the world.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781787334403Number of pages: 352Weight: 459 gDimensions: 224 x 141 x 32 mm
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'In The Future Future,Adam Thirlwell considers the celestial and the political on the same plane,creating wondrous new ways of seeing history,nature,friendship and time. He weaves together so many wisps of reality,and the result is a radically beautiful new novel that is funny,touching,memorable and bright.'- Sheila Heti,author of Pure Colour
'Sex,revolution and death in eighteenth-century France and America,described in the language of the future,and featuring an astonishing visit to the moon. A dazzling performance,unlike anything else you'll read this (or any other) year.'- Salman Rushdie,the Booker Prize-winning author of Midnight's Children
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