Description
In this electrifying collection of short fiction, N. K. Jemisin braids speculative wonder with razor-sharp social critique, exploring what it means to survive catastrophe and still choose renewal. From the haunted aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to a parallel utopia studying humanity’s failures, these stories follow characters confronting impossible bargains, dangerous enchantments, and the struggle to protect what they love. Across worlds and eras, Jemisin returns to themes of liberation and inheritance—how communities rebuild, how power reshapes bodies and futures, and how redemption can be both personal and collective. With her signature narrative boldness and lyrical, high-impact prose, each tale lands like a spark: imaginative, emotionally urgent, and impossible to forget.
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paperback
Orbit
Published Aug 13, 2019
448 pages
ISBN: 9780316491372
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First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin.