The Only Harmless Great Thing
Author: Brooke Bolander
ISBN: 9781250169488
Publisher: Tor Books
Year first published: 27 Feb 2018
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback / softback
"Devastatingly powerful. Bolander gives voice to the voiceless." —Helen MacDonald
In the early years of the 20th century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately put to death by electricity in Coney Island.
These are the facts.
Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and injustice crying out to be righted. Prepare yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling histories of cruelty both grand and petty in search of meaning and justice.
ISBN: 9781250169488
Publisher: Tor Books
Year first published: 27 Feb 2018
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback / softback
"Devastatingly powerful. Bolander gives voice to the voiceless." —Helen MacDonald
In the early years of the 20th century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately put to death by electricity in Coney Island.
These are the facts.
Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and injustice crying out to be righted. Prepare yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling histories of cruelty both grand and petty in search of meaning and justice.
