{"product_id":"kree-a-post-exotic-novel-paperback-softback-9781517915124","title":"Kree; A Post-Exotic Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517915124","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKree\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Post-Exotic Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eManuela Draeger (Author), Lia Swope Mitchell (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517915124\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A written nightmare at once alarming and beautiful. \u003ci\u003eKree\u003c\/i\u003e deftly muddles the distinction between life and dream and death in a way that is profound, unsettling, and nevertheless deeply human.\"-Brian Evenson, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Night, Sleep Tight\u003c\/i\u003e and translator of Manuela Draeger’s \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Blue Ball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Bizarre imagery melds with the stark realities of oppression to create a harrowing, inescapable atmosphere. [...] \u003ci\u003eKree\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, mind-bending novel about what humanity is left with once they have nothing to remember or to fight for.\"-\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"The setup and [the book's] execution are beyond compelling, but the multifaceted Kree [titular character] digs much deeper, tunneling into the dark matter of violence, bodily autonomy, and the afterlife.\"-\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"A midapocalyptic story set in a succession of afterlives, rife with intense bodily detail and hallucinatory visions and ideas, \u003ci\u003eKree\u003c\/i\u003e is a bizarre but entrancing meditation on endings and returns.\"-\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"The poetic quality is enough for me to say to give [\u003ci\u003eKree\u003c\/i\u003e] a try.\"-\u003ci\u003eNewcity Lit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA warrior struggles through an apocalyptic landscape and the world after death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Kree has been raised as a fearless fighter in a ravaged world: postapocalyptic, posthuman, the population decimated by wars and civilization long since collapsed. After her attempt to avenge the death of her dog, Loka, goes horribly wrong, Kree finds herself lost in a world after death and wanders into the city of the terrible mendicants. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Under the Brothers’ totalitarian rule, Kree can lead a quiet life and forget her violent past, even if needles grow in her skull and hallucinatory blood rains occasionally pour down to remind her. She can make friends: a healer with a shaking tent, a mysterious stranger hatched from an egg, and a gruff electrician in a world without electricity. And she can have her Loka as long as she toes the Party line and does as she’s told. When she can’t-when her friends start to disappear and the Brothers turn against her-Kree sets out on a quest, searching for a new way forward. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Multiply reincarnated and unstuck in time, Kree is the characteristically marvelous creation of Manuela Draeger, whose extraordinary stories, in the words of author China MiÉville, “are as close to dreams as fiction can be.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676618223896,"sku":"9781517915124","price":15.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kree-a-post-exotic-novel-paperback-softback-9781517915124","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}