I definitely consider it post-apocalyptic, but whether it’s sci-fi is a more difficult question. To what extent do you consider it a post-apocalyptic or sci-fi novel? We sat down with the author to chat about dystopias, female protagonists and the pressure of happy endings.Īmerica Pacifica is a difficult book to categorize. Still, North's story of a young girl in search of her mother (and her island's history) is remarkably universal, with characters as real those found in any contemporary fiction. Anna North's dark, gripping and wildly creative debut, America Pacifica, goes where few Iowa Writers' Workshop grads have gone before: a futuristic end-of-days setting where the buildings are made of sea-fiber and solvent-huffing hoodlums roam the streets.
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