Stillicide

£8.99

In the tangible future, water is commodified. Rising sea-levels compress communities, packing people into vast popoulation centres that suck up essential resources. A Water Train delivers water into the heart of the main city; a gigantic Ice Dock is under construction; armed wardens watch the streets from the rooftops. And, meanwhile, outside the city, there are those who choose to live a different way, in the increasingly untenable landscape.

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First heard on BBC Radio 4.Water is commodified. The Water Train that serves the city increasingly at risk of sabotage. As news breaks that construction of a gigantic Ice Dock will displace more people than first thought, protestors take to the streets and the lives of several individuals begin to interlock. A nurse on the brink of an affair. A boy who follows a stray dog out of the city. A woman who lies dying. And her husband, a marksman: a man forged by his past and fearful of the future, who weighs in his hands the possibility of death against the possibility of life. From one of the most celebrated writers of his generation, Stillicide is a moving story of love and loss and the will to survive, and a powerful glimpse of the tangible future.

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Weight 0.142 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.1 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

192

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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