[PDF] The Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination eBook

Author : Maxine Lavon Montgomery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1350124516

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Exploring postapocalypticism in the Black literary and cultural tradition, this book extends the scholarly conversation on Afro-futurist canon formation through an examination of futuristic imaginaries in representative twentieth and twenty-first century works of literature and expressive culture by Black women in an African diasporic setting. The author demonstrates the implications of Afro-futurist literary criticism for Black Atlantic literary and critical theory, investigating issues of hybridity, transcending boundaries, temporality and historical recuperation. Covering writers including Octavia Butler, Edwidge Danticat, Nalo Hopkinson, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward and Beyoncé, this book examines the ways Black women artists attempt to recover a raced and gendered heritage, and how they explore an evolving social order that is both connected to and distinct from the past.

Author : Nnedi Okorafor
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 36,7 MB
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008288720

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An award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R.R. Martin!

Author : Kayti Nika Raet
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2015-03-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781511417280

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One can live for several weeks without food but only a few days without water, a fact seventeen year old Niko is only too aware of as she struggles to provide for her two younger brothers in a post apocalyptic landscape where the rain burns like acid, food grows increasingly scarce and any Slither that crosses her path is laid low before it can sink its teeth into her. Then one night everything she'd ever worked for and loved is consumed by a raging fire, leaving her with one brother missing, the other dead and herself gravely injured.She's rescued by the Rose Circle, a rogue group of Slither hunters. They sneak her into Amaryllis City, a decadent metropolis where those able to pay the exorbitant entrance fee live a life of relative ease. But for Niko, Amaryllis City is not the haven she grew up believing it would be and her unique abilities as a Slither hunter make her a particularly visible target to a city with hopes of experimentation, replication and other nasty bits. All Niko ever wanted to do was find her baby brother, but that's proving to be harder than expected.

Author : Maxine Lavon Montgomery
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 19,66 MB
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1496812565

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This volume sheds a much-needed light on Edwidge Danticat (b. 1969) and her ability to depict timely issues in sparkling prose that delves deep into the borderlands, an uncharted in-between space located outside fixed geographic, cultural, and ideological bounds. Prevalent throughout many interviews here is Danticat's expressed determination not only to reveal Haitian immigrant experience, but also to make that nuanced culture and its vibrant traditions accessible to a wide audience. These interviews coincide with Edwidge Danticat's evolving artistic vision, her steady book publication, and her expanding roles as fiction writer, essayist, memoirist, documentarian, young adult book author, editor, songwriter, cultural critic, and political commentator. Dating from her appearance on the literary scene at the age of twenty-five, the many interviews that she has granted attest to not only her productivity, but also her accessibility to scholars, teachers, writers, and journalists eager for knowledge about her vision. Included in this volume are interviews that range from 2000, covering the publication of her debut work of fiction, Breath, Eyes, Memory, to a personal interview conducted with the volume editor in 2016. In that conversation, which appears for the first time as part of this collection, Danticat provides insight into little-known aspects of her life, art, and politics. Her candid interviews carry out a careful stripping away of preconceived notions of Danticat, disclosing the private and public life of a first-class writer and intellectual whose countless achievements have assured her an enduring place within contemporary world letters.

Author : Rory Power
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,2 MB
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1529021278

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'Your new favourite book' – Cosmopolitan An instant New York Times bestseller, Wilder Girls is Rory Power's chilling and unputdownable YA debut. The Power meets We Were Liars in this compelling story of survival and the power of female friendships, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Everyone loses something to the Tox; Hetty lost her eye, Reese's hand has changed, and Byatt just disappeared completely. It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put in quarantine. The Tox turned the students strange and savage, the teachers died off one by one. Cut off from the mainland, the girls don’t dare wander past the school’s fence where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure as the Tox takes; their bodies becoming sick and foreign, things bursting out of them, bits missing. But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her best friend, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie in the wilderness past the fence. As she digs deeper, she learns disturbing truths about her school and what else is living on Raxter Island. And that the cure might not be a cure at all . . . 'Wholly original and compelling' – Observer 'A staggering gut punch of a book' – Kirkus 'Body horror meets boarding school in a moving, terrifying thriller' Guardian

Author : David Wind
Publisher : ColSaw Publications / DMW
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 36,18 MB
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0990003531

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What would you do if you were 18 and told the future of the world is in your hands? Young Areenna of Freemorn is just beginning to discover her powers when she is called to a place from which few ever return. Mikaal of Tolemac, the son of the High King holds a secret so dangerous it could shatter the fabric of the world should it become known. 3,000 years after America is destroyed by nuclear war, the inhabitants have evolved, embracing magic and metaphysical warfare. As enemies from across the seas begin to close in, ancient legends come alive, leaving noone safe. The only two who can stop the onset of the darkest evil is the sorceress,Areenna, and Mikaal, the son of the High King of Neveah. With the safety of the world in their hands, and their powers young and erratic, will Mikaal and Areenna find the courage and strength to overcome the impossible, or... --- An International Best Seller, Born to Magic is the first book in the Tales of Nevaeh series. Amix between Shannara Chronicles by Terry Brooks and The Hundred Series by Kass Morgan, Born to Magic combines futuristic dystopian societies ruled by magic and metaphysical elements with science fiction. The inhabitants aren't aware that looming just outside the atmosphere, orbits the key to their past. Teens,young adults, and adults alike will love this fantasy. "A perfect mix of fantasy and science fiction." Nicholas C. Rossis Author of The Pearseus Seriess "Uniquely intriguing blend of Shannara and Star Wars perhaps?" Sheila Deeth VINE VOICE 5 Stars! "I slipped into the tale like a comfy robe. A comfy robe with a bunch of intriguing pockets full of secrets! The action and pacing throughout the rest of the book made it a page turner and I loved the strong female lead." Amy Vansant, Author of the Angeli Trilogy "...this one is worth the read!" Christy's Reviews “Once again David Wind captures the imagination of his readers in this first book in the Tales of Nevaeh series. With complex characters, an engaging story line, and breathtaking descriptions, Born to Magic takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of epic proportions! I couldn't put it down! I am looking forward to reading the next in the series!” C.L. Bradford, 5 Stars

Author : Ali Smith
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307379981

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From the acclaimed, award-winning author—when a dinner-party guest named Miles locks himself in an upstairs room and refuses to come out, he sets off a media frenzy. He also sets in motion a mesmerizing puzzle of a novel, one that harnesses acrobatic verbal playfulness to a truly affecting story. Miles communicates only by cryptic notes slipped under the door. We see him through the eyes of four people who barely know him, ranging from a precocious child to a confused elderly woman. But while the characters’ wit and wordplay soar, their story remains profoundly grounded. As it probes our paradoxical need for both separation and true connection, There but for the balances cleverness with compassion, the surreal with the deeply, movingly real, in a way that only Ali Smith can.

Author : Emily St. John Mandel
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385353316

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. • Now an original series on HBO Max. • Over one million copies sold! One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end. Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed. Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!