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Sara Fiore
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Somewhere Ray Bradbury is smiling. With this beautiful and brutal collection, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews, Liliana Colanzi cements her well-deserved place in the world of dystopian science fiction. Each story explores the devastation that can be wreaked on a world through environmental and manmade disasters. Colanzi approaches dark, harrowing subjects — the appalling effects of radiation poisoning, dangers of unchecked technological advancement, systemic oppression and poverty — with the deft hand of a poet, showing the reader unexpected beauty in even the ugliest parts of humanity.
In the opening story, "The Cave," Colanzi examines the cycle of death and rebirth in a single location over thousands of years and the distinctly human need to leave a mark on the world, even if that mark contributes to its destruction. The cave becomes a microcosm of humanity'...
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