Amatka is a beguiling and wholly original novel about freedom, love, and artistic creation by a captivating new voice. Weird Fiction Review In her brilliant and bizarre novel Amatka, Karin Tidbeck evokes with quiet precision a dystopian reality that bes more eerie by the. 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. 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. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja falls in love with her housemate, Nina, and prolongs her visit. Her 2012 short story collection, Jagganath, showcased her knack for sharp yet. A LOCUS AWARD FINALISTONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS OF 2017A surreal debut novel set in a world shaped by language in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. When you open a Tidbeck book, you truly don’t know what you are going to get. It’s brutally honest and uncompromising in its visiona brilliant short story writer has been revealed as an even more brilliant novelist. In Sweden, one of the most promising authors of science fiction and fantasy in recent years has been Karin Tidbeck. Their first novel, Amatka, sits somewhere between science fiction and Kafkaesque dream and follow colonists who farm mushrooms in a world where language transforms matter. Immediately she feels that something strange is going on: people act oddly in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Library Journal Karin Tidbeck’s Amatka is a stunning, truly original exploration of the mysteries of reality and what it means to be human. 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.

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.

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