
Everfair
A Novel
$29.99
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2023
Summary
In this re-imagining of Belgium’s disastrous colonization of the Congo, African American missionaries join forces with British socialists to purchase land from the Congo Free State’s “owner,” King Leopold II. This land, which they name Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven for native populations of the Congo as well as settlers from around the world, including dream-eyed Europeans attempting to create a better society, formerly enslaved people returning from America, and Chinese railroad bui…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250212313 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250212316 |
| Author: | Nisi Shawl |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 139mm x 213mm |
| Series: | Everfair |

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Critics Review
“A beautifully written and thrillingly ambitious alternate history … It’s a tribute to Shawl’s powerful writing that her intricate, politically and racially charged imaginary world seems as believable–sometimes more believable–than the one we inhabit.”–The Washington Post
“Nisi Shawl’s Everfair is a book with gorgeous sweep, spanning years and continents, loves and hates, histories and fantasies. Set against the big canvas of King Leopold’s horrific rule in the Congo, her engaging, passionate characters struggle to make the right choices in a world that is almost ours, but not quite. Everfair is sometimes sad, often luminous, and always original. A wonderful achievement.”–Karen Joy Fowler
“From the exotic, baroque complexities of ‘At the Huts of Ajala’ to the stark, folktale purity of ‘The Beads of Ku, ’ these fourteen superbly written stories will weave around you a ring of dark, dark magic.”–Ursula K. Le Guin on Filter House
Nisi Shawl
Nisi Shawl is a writer of science fiction and fantasy short stories and a journalist. She is the co-author (with Cynthia Ward) of Writing the Other: Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful Fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Asimov’s SF Magazine, Strange Horizons, and numerous other magazines and anthologies.
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