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A surreal debut book set in a world shaped by words in the traditions of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin. Vanja, an information helper, is dispatched from her home city of Essre to the austere, wintry colony of Amatka with an project to collect cleverness for the government. Immediately she seems that something weird is going on: People react oddly in Amatka, and individuals are checked for indications of subversion. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja comes deeply in love with her housemate, Nina, and prolongs her visit. But when she stumbles on proof a growing danger to the colony and a cover-up by its administration, she embarks on an investigation that sets her at great risk. In Karin Tidbeck's world, everyone is suspect, no one is safe, and nothing - not even language nor the very fabric of certainty - can be taken for awarded. Amatka is a beguiling and wholly original book about independence, love, and creative creation with a captivating new words.
