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Splinterlands

John Feffer

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English
Haymarket Books
06 December 2016
Part Field Notes from a Catastrophe, part 1984, part World War Z, John Feffer's striking new dystopian novel, takes us deep into the battered, shattered world of 2050. The European Union has broken apart. Multiethnic great powers like Russia and China have shriveled. America's global military footprint has virtually disappeared and the United States remains united in name only. Nationalism has proven the century's most enduring force as ever-rising global temperatures have supercharged each-against-all competition and conflict among the now 300-plus members of an increasingly feeble United Nations.

As he navigates the world of 2050, Julian West offers a roadmap for the path we're already on, a chronicle of impending disaster, and a faint light of hope. He may be humanity's last best chance to explain how the world unraveled-if he can survive the savage beauty of the Splinterlands.

John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. In 20122013, he was also an Open Society Fellow looking at the transformations that have taken place in Eastern Europe since 1989. He is the author of several books and numerous articles. He has also produced six plays, including three one-man shows, and published a novel.
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Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   181g
ISBN:   9781608467242
ISBN 10:   1608467244
Pages:   130
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Intro: Around the Fire Chapter One: The Great Unraveling Chapter Two: In Brussels Chapter Three: In Ningxia Chapter Four: In Gaborone Chapter Five: In Arcadia Chapter Six: In Extremis

John Feffer is a playwright and the author of several books including the novel Foamers. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Salon, and others. He is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Reviews for Splinterlands

Splinterlands paints a startling portrait of a post-apocalyptic tomorrow that is fast becoming a reality today. Fast-paced, yet strangely haunting, Feffer's latest novel looks back from 2050 on the disintegration of world order told through the story of one broken family-- and offers a disturbing vision of what might await us all if we don't act quickly. Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickle and Dimed and Living with a Wild God, and founder of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project A chilling portrayal of where the politics of division could take us. Now I only hope he writes the sequel to tell us how to avoid it! Naomi Oreskes, co-author of The Collapse of Western Civilization


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