"Now, that's not to say that books are only good for a hit of escapism though to be clear, they can be terrific at that, as well. This week sees the release of several works of fiction that challenge or outright shrug off the hard rigors of the day-to-day, in pursuit of something far more out there: proof, at least in concept, that other worlds are possible."
"Here, though, Chidgey imagines an outcome in which a treaty leaves no clear victor, and in which the U.K. carries on with the caveat that Nazi crimes have become useful scientific precedent. The New Zealand novelist centers the perspectives of teenage British triplets, caught several decades later in a turbid world where the line between political and scientific subject has become disturbingly unclear."
Reading books can temper doomscrolling and provide both escapism and deliberate lenses for understanding or coping with contemporary realities. New fiction releases range from speculative alternate worlds to novels that interrogate historical consequences. One novel reimagines a post-World War II outcome with no clear victor and depicts a Britain where Nazi crimes become scientific precedent, following teenage British triplets who confront blurred boundaries between political and scientific subjects. Another novel from a francophone born in the Republic of Congo and based in the U.S. continues an existential and absurdist bent often compared to Samuel Beckett.
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