{"product_id":"the-book-of-joan-a-novel-isbn-9780062383273","title":"The Book of Joan: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/strong\u003e•\u003cstrong\u003e BuzzFeed 50 Books We Can’t Wait to Read this Year \u003c\/strong\u003e•\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Review Editor’s Choice \u003c\/strong\u003e• \u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Brilliant and incendiary.” — Jeff VanderMeer, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Stunning. . . . Yuknavitch understands that our collective narrative can either destroy or redeem us, and the outcome depends not just on who’s telling it, but also on who’s listening.” — \u003cem\u003eO\u003c\/em\u003e, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[A] searing fusion of literary fiction and reimagined history and science-fiction thriller and eco-fantasy.” — NPR Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Small Backs of Children\u003c\/em\u003e offers a vision of our near-extinction and a heroine—a reimagined Joan of Arc—poised to save a world ravaged by war, violence, and greed, and forever change history\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the near future, world wars have transformed the earth into a battleground. Fleeing the unending violence and the planet’s now-radioactive surface, humans have regrouped to a mysterious platform known as CIEL, hovering over their erstwhile home. The changed world has turned evolution on its head: the surviving humans have become sexless, hairless, pale-white creatures floating in isolation, inscribing stories upon their skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of the ranks of the endless wars rises Jean de Men, a charismatic and bloodthirsty cult leader who turns CIEL into a quasi-corporate police state. A group of rebels unite to dismantle his iron rule—galvanized by the heroic song of Joan, a child-warrior who possesses a mysterious force that lives within her and communes with the earth. When de Men and his armies turn Joan into a martyr, the consequences are astonishing. And no one—not the rebels, Jean de Men, or even Joan herself—can foresee the way her story and unique gift will forge the destiny of an entire world for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting tale of destruction and love found in the direst of places—even at the extreme end of post-human experience—Lidia Yuknavitch’s \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e raises questions about what it means to be human, the fluidity of sex and gender, and the role of art as a means for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn the near future, world wars have transformed the earth into a battleground. Fleeing the unending violence and the planet’s now-radioactive surface, humans have regrouped to a mysterious platform known as CIEL, hovering over their erstwhile home. The changed world has turned evolution on its head: the surviving humans have become sexless, hairless, pale-white creatures\u003cbr\u003efloating in isolation, inscribing stories upon their skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of the ranks of the endless wars rises Jean de Men, a charismatic and bloodthirsty cult leader who turns CIEL into a quasi-corporate police state. A group of rebels unites to dismantle his iron rule—galvanized by the heroic song of Joan, a child-warrior who possesses a mysterious force that lives within her and communes with the earth. When de Men and his armies turn Joan into a martyr, the consequences are astonishing. And no one—not the rebels, Jean de Men, nor even Joan herself—can foresee the way her story and unique gift will forge the destiny of an entire world for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting tale of destruction and love found in the direst of places—even at the extreme end of post-human experience—the extraordinarily gifted Lidia Yuknavitch has written a fierce heroine like no other. \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e is an explosive work of fiction that considers what it means to be human, the fluidity of sex and gender, and the urgency of art as a means for survival. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Riveting, ravishing, and crazy deep, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e is as ferociously intelligent as it is heart-wrenchingly humane, as generous as it is relentless, as irresistible as it is important. In other words, it’s classic Lidia Yuknavitch: genius.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCheryl Strayed, New York Times bestselling author of Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dazzling. A post-apocalyptic literary tour de force, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e begs for buzz. There is so much here that is transgressive and badass and nervy and transformational. Here is a Katniss Everdeen for grown-ups.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Let Me Go, Kill You Twice and The Night Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lidia Yuknavitch’s new book has left me throttled and close to speechless. Speculative doesn’t begin to describe this sexy, imaginative and thoroughly original work. Atwood, LeGuin and Lessing come to mind, but Yuknavitch’s sensibility, which includes her casual ability to completely blow your mind, is all her own.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Karbo, New York Times bestselling author of Julia Child Rules and How Georgia Became O'Keeffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on art and sex and war. My brain is full-bloomed. Get ready, it’s glorious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmber Tamblyn, author of Dark Sparkler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yuknavitch has emerged as a trailblazing literary voice that spans genres and dives deep into themes of gender, sexuality, art, violence, and transcendence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuleika Jaouad, Lenny Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“While delivering an entirely new world and also putting forth a powerful treatise on the way we live now, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those dystopian novels that you can’t help thinking might be too eerily real to be just fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A dystopian story of power that questions what it means to be human.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this brilliant and incendiary new novel, mixing realism and fabulism, Earth, circa 2049, has been devastated by global warming and war; the wealthy live on a suborbital complex ruled by a billionaire celebrity turned dictator.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lidia Yukanavitch is skilled at writing poetically about the human body, and about nature, so this book ― her first foray into science fiction ― makes sense. It’s a retelling of the story of Joan of Arc, but in a world ravaged by radiation, and with few land-based survivors.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post, 17 Spine-Tingling New Books for Fans of Dystopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Joan [of Arc] offers herself as the perfect figure for Yuknavitch’s new novel. Translated into a dystopian future, this New Joan of Dirt serves as emblem for all the stalwart commoners in whose crushing defeat lies a kind of inviolate spiritual victory. . . . [\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e] offers a wealth of pathos, with plenty of resonant excruciations and some disturbing meditations on humanity’s place in creation . . . [It] concludes in a bold and satisfying apotheosis like some legend out of \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Bough\u003c\/em\u003e and reaffirms that even amid utter devastation and ruin, hope can still blossom.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Book of Joan \u003c\/em\u003eis ferocious and indelible, grappling with what it means to love in the midst of violence; and how we transform fury, agony, and history into art. It is huge in its scope, moving seamlessly, quantumly, between dirt and cosmos, and through the wormholes of nonlinear time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Breathtaking, embattled, and consuming. Startling and badass. Subversive. Eviscerating. Terrifying and hopeful...Written in the tradition of all great science fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e reminds readers of the profound power even one lone voice can have in inspiring a revolution, influencing freedom and justice for generations to come.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This ambitious novel encompasses a wide canvas to spin a captivating commentary on the hubris of humanity. An interesting blend of posthuman literary body politics and paranormal ecological transmutation; highly recommended.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stunning.... Yuknavitch understands that our collective narrative can either destroy or redeem us, and the outcome depends not just on who’s telling it, but also on who’s listening.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] searing fusion of literary fiction and reimagined history and science-fiction thriller and eco-fantasy...Yuknavitch is a bold and ecstatic writer, wallowing in sex and filth and decay and violence and nature and love with equal relish.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Now is a fine time for tales of women’s resistance, which, above all else, is what \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e has on offer. Lidia Yuknavitch mines literary and political history for impressive, timely heroines based on the iconic Joan of Arc and her contemporary Christine de Pizan, the only chronicler to write during Joan’s lifetime...This world’s Joan is scarred and strong, a fully adult Katniss Everdeen with bigger guns and no weirdly retro procreative ending waiting for her after the war.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lidia Yuknavitch is a writer who, with each ever more triumphant book, creates a new language with which she writes the audacious stories only she can tell. \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/em\u003e is a raucous celebration, a searing condemnation, and fiercely imaginative retelling of Joan of Arc’s transcendent life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and An Untamed State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lidia Yuknavitch’s \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/i\u003e inscribes whatever blank canvasses it finds-space, skin, alabaster hallways, holding cells called Liberty Rooms-to tell the story of the vital and violent Joan. As with Dora, the price for entry into Yuknavitch’s world is corporeal. Her narrators demand we shed all fear of the body and step into a new literary nakedness. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/i\u003e is graffiti in white ink. It is where experimentalism meets the dirty earth and gets saved.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanessa Veselka, author of Zazen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The heart-stopping climax will surprise readers of this dystopian tale that ponders the meanings of gender, sex, love, and life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sci-fi, dystopic retelling of the Joan of Arc story, Yuknavitch’s latest feels particularly essential at this moment in history. But then, every time we read something by the immensely talented Yuknavitch, it feels particularly essential.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNylon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a new kind of world, we need a new kind of hero and a reimagined Joan of Arc from Yuknavitch seems like just the thing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888789287141,"sku":"NP9780062383273","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062383273.jpg?v=1730229834","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-book-of-joan-a-novel-isbn-9780062383273","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}