{"product_id":"the-future-biblioasis-international-translation-series-44","title":"The Future","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an alternate version of Detroit, the city was never surrendered by the French to the United States. Now struggling with pollution, poverty, and the remnants of a damaged industrial landscape, it is also a place where strange things happen: burned houses regenerate themselves, nature pushes back against the ruins, and abandoned children have created a hidden society among the trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGloria arrives in the city searching for her missing granddaughters after the murder of her daughter. Her search draws her toward Parc Rouge, a dense wilderness where the city's orphaned children are rumoured to live by their own rules. \u003cem\u003eThe Future\u003c\/em\u003e is an imaginative work of alternate history and speculative fiction about grief, resilience, community, and the possibility of rebuilding after catastrophe. Translated from the French by Susan Ouriou.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatherine Leroux is a Quebec novelist, translator, and editor based in Montreal. Her novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Party Wall\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and \u003cem\u003eThe Future\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in French as \u003cem\u003eL'avenir\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work moves between literary fiction and the speculative, often exploring memory, community, and alternative possibilities for the world around us. \u003cem\u003eThe Future\u003c\/em\u003e won Canada Reads 2024 and is translated from the French by Susan Ouriou.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiblioasis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 5, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Fiction in Translation · Speculative Fiction · Alternate History · Canadian Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781771965606\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45324440699062,"sku":"9781771965606","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781771965606.jpg?v=1785858966","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-future-biblioasis-international-translation-series-44","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}