Your cart is currently empty!
A note to US-based customers: All Lit Up is pausing print orders to the USA until further notice. Read more
The Party Is Here
A memorable, edgy debut exploring the climate crisis and young women on the verge of transformation.
Edgy and darkly humourous, these stories introduce us to women grappling with climate, fertility, and their relationships with each other, all as they teeter on the verge of transformation. A figure skater in a warming world quits, only to find herself embroiled in the politics of ice; a graduate student becomes progressively unhinged as she reports on the unravelling of her Patagonia research project; an artist finds an unconventional use for her own frozen eggs; a park ranger at Joshua Tree National Park goes to extreme lengths to save his beloved tortoises.
In this daring debut, Georgina Beaty offers a bold, nuanced look at our turbulent times, fearlessly probing the ambitions and confusions of her generation. Wholly unexpected yet wildly entertaining, The Party Is Here slants the world to speak to the uncanny truth of modern life.
“I always think I’m prepared for a Georgina Beaty story, but I never am. She writes the kind of book where you end up knowing more about strange corners of the world than you did before. Her characters devour themselves by their own zeal. Environmental collapse looms in the background while they go on busying themselves, the way we do. Perhaps more threatening than the damage we do to our earth is the damage we do to each other. Beaty’s world is global, endangered, dangerous.” – Ian Williams, winner of the Giller Prize for Reproduction
“Georgina Beaty is a gifted writer with a deft sense of timing and a wonderfully jabbing sense of humour. Her stories are vivid, explicit yet mysterious, and altogether original.” – Elizabeth Hay, winner of the Giller Prize for Late Nights on Air
There are no awards found for this book.
You must be logged in to submit a review.
Details
Dimensions:
250 Pages
8.50in * 5.50in * .65in
350.00gr
Published:
September 27, 2021
Publisher:
ISBN:
9781988298931
Book Subjects:
Featured In:
Language:
eng
Share
No author posts found.