The Future Future

Informationen zum Autor Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books , and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review . His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists. Klappentext A madcap story of female friendship, language and power, from France to colonial America to the moon, from 1775 to this very moment - 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 a man, somewhere, is telling stories about her - about her affairs, her sexuality, her mad orgies and addictions. The stories aren't true, but everyone loves them, spreading them like a terrible plague. Celine watches as her name becomes a symbol for everything rotten and wrong and naughty in the world. This is a world of decadence and saturation, of lavish parties and private salons, of tulle and satin and sex and violence. This is a world ruled by men who are high on colonial genocide, natural destruction, crimes against women and, above all, language. To survive it, Celine and her friends must band together in search of justice, truth and beauty. Wildly inventive, funny and blindingly bright, The Future Future follows one woman on a quest to clear her name and change the world. Zusammenfassung SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE It's the eighteenth-century and Celine is in trouble 'A terrific novel' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A radically beautiful new novel' SHEILA HETI, author of Pure Colour Paris, 1775: Celine's husband is mostly absent. Her parents are elsewhere. Meanwhile men are inventing stories about her - about her affairs, her sexuality, 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 in 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. ...

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Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists.

Klappentext

It's the eighteenth century, and Celine's in trouble. A man, somewhere, is telling stories of her affairs, sexuality, mad orgies and addictions. None of this is true, but rumours are spreading like a plague, and as her name becomes a symbol for everything naughty. In a world ruled by men, Celine and her friends join together in search of justice.

Zusammenfassung

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE

It's the eighteenth-century and Celine is in trouble

'A terrific novel'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'A radically beautiful new novel'
SHEILA HETI, author of Pure Colour

Paris, 1775: Celine's husband is mostly absent. Her parents are elsewhere. Meanwhile men are inventing stories about her - about her affairs, her sexuality, 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 in 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.