Cosmogramma
Author | : Courttia Newland |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2021-10-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781786897107 |
ISBN-13 | : 1786897105 |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In his sharply crafted, unnerving first collection of speculative fiction shorts, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora. Robots used as human proxies in a war become driven by all-too-human desires; Kill Parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on inter-breeding 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.