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Cosmogramma / Courttia Newland.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Brookly, NY : Akashic Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 278 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1617759783
  • 9781617759789
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Percipi -- Cirrostratus -- Scarecrow -- Cosmogramma -- Buck -- Control -- You meets you -- Seed -- Dark matters -- Nocturne -- Nommo -- The Sankofa principle -- Link -- The difference between me and you -- Utoma.
Summary: "In his exquisite first collection of speculative fiction, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora. Kill parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on interbreeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity. Through transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland brings a sharp, fresh eye to age-old themes of the human capacity for greed, ambition, and self-destruction, but ultimately of our strength and resilience"--Inside jacket.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy NEWLAND, COURTTIA Available 33111010743702
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A dark and incisive collection of speculative short stories set in an alternate future of interstellar space travel, robots, mythical creatures, and the uncanny.

"Newland's second venture into science fictional territories is a rich, diverse collection of short stories." -- The Guardian

"Newland easily engages readers with complex worldbuilding, well-shaded characters, and stories as entertaining as they are meaningful. It's no small feat to so immediately and repeatedly appeal to readers' hearts and minds, and Newland's mastery of short-format storytelling is sure to impress. Speculative fiction fans won't be able to put this down." --Publishers Weekly , Starred Review

In his exquisite first collection of speculative fiction, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora.

Kill parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on interbreeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity.

Through transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland brings a sharp, fresh eye to age-old themes of the human capacity for greed, ambition, and self-destruction, but ultimately of our strength and resilience.

"Published in Great Britain by Canongate Books"--Title page verso.

Percipi -- Cirrostratus -- Scarecrow -- Cosmogramma -- Buck -- Control -- You meets you -- Seed -- Dark matters -- Nocturne -- Nommo -- The Sankofa principle -- Link -- The difference between me and you -- Utoma.

"In his exquisite first collection of speculative fiction, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora. Kill parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on interbreeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity. Through transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland brings a sharp, fresh eye to age-old themes of the human capacity for greed, ambition, and self-destruction, but ultimately of our strength and resilience"--Inside jacket.

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