Cosmogramma: and other stories

Newland, Courttia

ISBN 10: 1786897091 / ISBN 13: 9781786897091

Published by Canongate Books, 2021

About this Item

Canongate, Edinburgh 2021 / Paperback. UK First Edition and First Impression. As New Paperback Original in french flaps, as issued. Signed by the author directly to the title page.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1660813602222

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cosmogramma: and other stories
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786897091
• ISBN 13: 9781786897091
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In his sharply crafted, unnerving first collection of speculative fiction shorts, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora.

Robots used as human proxies in a war become driven by all-too-human desires; Kill Parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on inter-breeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity.

Through transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland brings a sharp, fresh eye to age-old themes of the human capacity for greed, ambition and self-destruction, but ultimately of our strength and resilience.

About the Author

Courttia Newland is the author of eight books including his much-lauded debut, The Scholar. His most recent novel, A River Called Time, was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. He coedited The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain, and his short stories have featured in various anthologies and been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. As a screenwriter, he has written episodes of Steve McQueen's 2020 BBC series Small Axe.

@courttianewland