Amatka is a beguiling and wholly original novel about freedom, love, and artistic creation by a captivating new voice. In Karin Tidbeck’s world, everyone is suspect, no one is safe, and nothing-not even language, nor the very fabric of reality-can be taken for granted. She comes from the capital city of Essre. But when she stumbles on evidence of a growing threat to the colony, and a cover-up by its administration, she embarks on an investigation that puts her at tremendous risk. Vanja, a government pollster, is sent to a remote, agrarian commune to research the toiletry and cosmetics needs of its citizens. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja falls in love with her housemate, Nina, and prolongs her visit. Immediately she feels that something strange is going on: people act oddly in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Vanja embarks on an investigation that puts her at tremendous risk. She feels that something strange is going on: citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Vanja is sent to Amatka with an assignment to collect intelligence for the government. Vanja, an information assistant, is sent from her home city of Essre to the austere, wintry colony of Amatka with an assignment to collect intelligence for the government. Amatka Karin Tidbeck JThe following is from Karin Tidbeck’s novel, Amatka. So, it’s about reality, it’s about language, it’s about revolution, and it’s about love. What happens to the people who quite can’t find a place in it. It’s about what happens to society that tries to survive in such a world. ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS OF 2017Ī surreal debut novel set in a world shaped by language in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Amatka is about humans colonizing a world where matter, physical matter, responds to language.
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