“This story is about as close to perfect as it gets.”-Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the Wayward Children series The Candide of our age.”-award-winning author Ken Liu “A gorgeous, funny, melancholy, splendid romp through a post-apocalyptic wonderland in which hope and despair are indistinguishable, and the human spirit burns with the joy and rage of a thousand suns. It’s hilarious and sad and filled with an inexcusable amount of wisdom.”- New York Times bestselling author Hank Green Every page is a new and surprising invention. “ The Past Is Red is magical realism meets the garbage patch.
Then Tetley discovers a new friend, a terrible secret, and more to her world than she ever expected.Īn inaugural Ursula K. She’s the only one who knows a lot of things: that Garbagetown is the most wonderful place in the world, that it’s full of hope, that you can love someone and 66% hate them all at the same time.īut Earth is a terrible mess, hope is a fragile thing, and a lot of people are very angry with her. Tetley Abednego is the most beloved girl in Garbagetown, but she’s the only one who knows it. One of those patches is a magical place called Garbagetown. Endless blue…except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. Le Guin Prize for Fiction finalist ! A Locus Award finalist! Valente, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland returns with The Past Is Red, the enchanting, dark, funny, angry story of a girl who made two terrible mistakes: she told the truth and she dared to love the world.Ī Hugo Award finalist! An inaugural Ursula K.
“The Candide of our age.”- Ken Liu, award-winning authorĬatherynne M.
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