The Past Is Red
Books | Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
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Catherynne M. Valente
“The Candide of our #@$\*%?! age.”— Ken Liu, award-winning authorCatherynne M. Valente, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland returns with The Past Is Red, the enchanting, dark, funny, angry story of a girl who made two terrible mistakes: she told the truth and she dared to love the world.A Hugo Award finalist! An inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction finalist! A Locus Award finalist!The future is blue. Endless blue...except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown.Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she’s the only one who knows it. She’s the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it’s full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time.But Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.
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Author
Catherynne M. Valente
Pages
160
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Published Date
2021-07-20
ISBN
1250301130 9781250301130
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"Incredibly poetic and thought-provoking. A dark, cautionary tale wrapped up in the perspective of a bright-eyed girl. Some of it is downright dreamy. I’ll be rereading this one. "
Candice B
"The Past Is Red scores major points for its imaginative vision of a post-apocalyptic future. Valente's novel is rife with lengthy descriptions of a world that isn't anchored in recognizable landmarks, and the humor of the narrator serves as much-needed comic relief to any disorientation the reader may feel. Behind the tough exterior of both the protagonist and the world she lives in, there are treasures to be found, but the reader must show patience in wading through what feels a little like a short story that was made slightly too long in the attempt to be a novel."
Colin Merrill
