Books & Books - Coral Gables
265 Aragon Ave
305.442.4408
This event has passed.
-
- When
-
Monday Sep 27, 2010 (6:30pm)
- Where
-
- Price
- Links
“Steampunk adventures may have become trendier recently, but Parisian writer Jean-Christophe Valtat is in a league of his own. In Aurorarama, his first novel written in English, Valtat vividly conceives a turn-of-the-century Arctic metropolis called New Venice, filled with ice palaces, sex clubs, pneumatic tubes, aerosleds, taxisleighs, airships, and a myriad of characters, including colonists in Victorian costumes, anarchists, hynotists, and fur-clad Inuit natives. Themed around notions of social revolution, the story focuses on two heroes intent on breaking down a fascist regime. Meet Valtat this evening as he reads from the book at the city's stalwart literary sanctuary, Books & Books.”
Omar Sommereyns , Flavorpill
A startling, seductive literary novel that entwines suspense, science fiction, adventure, romance and history into an intoxicating new genre.
- Books & Books
