{"product_id":"kree-a-post-exotic-novel-9781517915124","title":"Kree: A Post-Exotic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA warrior struggles through an apocalyptic landscape and the world after death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6193970\"\u003eManuela Draeger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.54w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517915124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517915120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028070\"\u003eScience Fiction | Apocalyptic \u0026amp; Post-Apocalyptic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC101040\"\u003eWorld Literature | France | 21st Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Manuela Draeger is a member of the imaginary collective of post-exotic writers, along with Antoine Volodine, Lutz Bassmann, and Elli Kronauer, who have produced more than forty works so far in French. She works as a containment camp librarian and has written numerous books for children as well as for an adult audience. Works that have appeared in English include \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Blue Ball, \u003c\/i\u003etranslated by novelist Brian Evenson, and \u003ci\u003eEleven Sooty Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003etranslated by J. T. Mahany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lia Swope Mitchell has a PhD in French from the University of Minnesota. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eSolo Viola\u003c\/i\u003e by Antoine Volodine and \u003ci\u003eSurvival of the Fireflies\u003c\/i\u003e by Georges Didi-Huberman, both published by the University of Minnesota Press. Her original fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's, Apex, Terraform, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48459481383149,"sku":"9781517915124","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_44d45e61-bc9f-45b1-b268-2d3709880cfd.jpg?v=1753638142","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/kree-a-post-exotic-novel-9781517915124","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}