The New Wilderness

Author(s): Diane Cook

General Fiction | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is wasting away, ravaged by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped, overpopulated metropolis they call home. Bea knows she cannot stay in the city, but there is only one alternative- The Wilderness State. This vast expanse of unwelcoming, untamed land is untouched by mankind. Until now.


Somewhere between a science experiment and a refugee, Bea and Agnes slowly learn how to live in this unpredictable, often dangerous land. But as Agnes embraces this radically free new existence, Bea realises that her bond with her daughter will be tested in ways she could never have foreseen.

"Evidence of the increasing interpenetration of SF and literary fiction, this Booker-shortlisted novel is set in a climate emergency-ravaged near future....  Cook leavens her satire with sly wit and real wisdom, expertly deconstructing the borderline separating human beings and other animals." - The Guardian; Best Science fiction and fantasy books of 2020.


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'THE ENVIRONMENTAL NOVEL OF OUR TIMES.' - Lemn Sissay, Booker Prize judge


 

Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2022.

Shortlisted Booker Prize 2020

 

 

 


 

 


 

General Fields

  • : 9780861540372
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : bloomsbury
  • : 0.5
  • : November 2019
  • : 3.1 Centimeters X 14.8 Centimeters X 22.5 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Diane Cook
  • : Paperback
  • : Oct-20
  • : 813.6
  • : 416