Houman Barekat

A thoroughly modern 18th-century heroine: The Future Future, by Adam Thirlwell, reviewed

Thirlwell’s protagonist Celine flees malicious gossip in revolutionary France to ponder on sisterly solidarity, patriarchal violence, motherhood, colonialism and slavery

Adam Thirlwell. [Lewis Ronald]
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  • The Future Future

    Adam Thirlwell

    Jonathan Cape, pp. 352, £18

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