The Future Future Thirlwell Adam
A wild story of female friendship, language, and power, from France to colonial America to the moon, from 1775 to this very moment: a historical novel like no other.It's the eighteenth century, and…
Specifikacia The Future Future Thirlwell Adam
A wild story of female friendship, language, and power, from France to colonial America to the moon, from 1775 to this very moment: a historical novel like no other.It's the eighteenth century, and Celine is in trouble. Her husband is mostly absent. Her parents are elsewhere. And somewhere men are inventing stories about her--about her affairs, her sexuality, her orgies and addictions and assignations. All these stories are lies, but the public loves them--spreading them like a plague. And Celine watches as her name becomes a celebrity symbol for everything rotten in the world.This is a universe of saturation and corruption, of lavish parties and private salons, of tulle and satin and sex, but also of revolution and resistance. It's a world ruled by men, all of whom are high on genocide, colonial expansion, forest redevelopment, political theory, violence against