{"product_id":"valid-dystopian-autofiction-9781487011130","title":"Valid: Dystopian Autofiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA genre-bending speculative look at a dark future, \u003cem\u003eValid\u003c\/em\u003e shares the story of one trans woman leading a revolution.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a mutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf our mutiny is to succeed, I must name things well, without diversion. Lacking this, you will not deviate from your certainties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere it is: I am trans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs in transgression. I have broken genres. I have removed myself from the rules. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI am trans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs in translation. I have dragged the elements that make up my person from one state to another. My geometry is variable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd tonight, I am a revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\/warning: code red... fetch-query protocol enabled... transmission failed... standby\/\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in a disturbingly transfigured Montreal in the year 2050, \u003cem\u003eValid\u003c\/em\u003e is a monologue delivered over the span of eight hours by Christelle, a seventy-year-old trans woman forced to live as a man in order to survive. Speaking to her captor, an ever-more powerful AI, she turns the tables and mounts her own revolution by showing her truest self. Part autofiction, part dystopic speculation on an all-too-possible future characterized by corporate power, ecological collapse, and political havoc, \u003cem\u003eValid\u003c\/em\u003e is an ambitious work that is as much philosophical as it is confessional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arachnide Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487011130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chris Bergeron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124439253173,"sku":"9781487011130","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_917db72d-857c-4978-8336-914af55cc52d.jpg?v=1694552203","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/valid-dystopian-autofiction-9781487011130","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}