{"product_id":"the-future-paperback-1","title":"The Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine LeRoux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Ouriou\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for Canada Reads 2024 - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eTor.com\u003c\/em\u003e's Can't Miss Speculative Fiction for Fall 2023 - Listed in CBC Books Fiction to Read in Fall 2023 - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of 20 Books You Heard about on CBC Last Week - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e' Fall 2023 Big Books By Small Presses \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- A \u003cem\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/em\u003e Work of Translated Fiction To Read Now \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- One of CBC Books Best Books of 2023 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A CBC Books Bestselling Canadian Book of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism-and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city's orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can't imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, \u003cem\u003eThe Future\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love--together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Leroux\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three highly praised novels and an innovative sequence of short stories. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eLa marche en for黎\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), was a finalist for Quebec's Booksellers' Prize. Her bestselling second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Party Wall\u003c\/em\u003e, a translation of \u003cem\u003eLe mur mitoyen\u003c\/em\u003e, won the France-Quebec Prize in the original and, in translation, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Award. In the United States, \u003cem\u003eThe Party Wall\u003c\/em\u003e was a prestigious Indies Introduce selection. Leroux's story sequence, \u003cem\u003e Madame Victoria\u003c\/em\u003e, won Quebec's Adrienne Choquette Prize and was a finalist for the Booksellers' Prize. The French original of \u003cem\u003eThe Future\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eL'avenir\u003c\/em\u003e) won the Jacques Brossard Prize and was a finalist for the Imaginary Horizons Prize. Catherine Leroux works as a translator and editor in Montreal. She was awarded the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Ouriou\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning fiction writer and literary translator with over sixty translations and co-translations of fiction, non-fiction, children's and young adult literature to her credit. She has won the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation for which she has also been shortlisted on five other occasions. Susan lives in Calgary, Alberta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.19 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41967124709511,"sku":"9781771965606","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b9246f53883b8178eb5f01375709b5fc.webp?v=1734072695","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-future-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}