{"product_id":"valid-dystopian-autofiction-paperback","title":"Valid: Dystopian Autofiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Bergeron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatalia Hero\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA genre-bending speculative look at a dark future, \u003cem\u003eValid\u003c\/em\u003e shares the story of one trans woman leading a revolution.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a mutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf our mutiny is to succeed, I must name things well, without diversion. Lacking this, you will not deviate from your certainties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere it is: I am trans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs in transgression. I have broken genres. I have removed myself from the rules. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI am trans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs in translation. I have dragged the elements that make up my person from one state to another. My geometry is variable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd tonight, I am a revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\/warning: code red... fetch-query protocol enabled... transmission failed... standby\/\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in a disturbingly transfigured Montreal in the year 2050, \u003cem\u003eValid\u003c\/em\u003e is a monologue delivered over the span of eight hours by Christelle, a seventy-year-old trans woman forced to live as a man in order to survive. Speaking to her captor, an ever-more powerful AI, she turns the tables and mounts her own revolution by showing her truest self. Part autofiction, part dystopic speculation on an all-too-possible future characterized by corporate power, ecological collapse, and political havoc, \u003cem\u003eValid\u003c\/em\u003e is an ambitious work that is as much philosophical as it is confessional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764854751520,"sku":"9781487011130","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed2305079aa5b8cce93d6a7edf27fb29.webp?v=1780256532","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/valid-dystopian-autofiction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}