{"product_id":"enclave-paperback-1","title":"Enclave - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire G. Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e, \u003ci\u003e'These are troubling times. The world is a dangerous place, ' the voice of the Chairman said. 'I can continue to assure you of this: within the Wall you are perfectly safe.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Christine could not sleep, she could not wake, she could not think. She stared, half-blind, at the cold screen of her smartphone. She was told the Agency was keeping them safe from the dangers outside, an outside world she would never see. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She never imagined questioning what she was told, what she was allowed to know, what she was permitted to think. She never even thought there were questions to ask. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The enclave was the only world she knew, the world outside was not safe. Staying or leaving was not a choice she had the power to make. But then Christine dared start thinking . . . and from that moment, danger was everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In our turbulent times, Claire G. Coleman's \u003ci\u003eEnclave \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful dystopian allegory that confronts the ugly realities of racism, homophobia, surveillance, greed and privilege and the self-destructive distortions that occur when we ignore our shared humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A brilliant, engrossing, necessary read' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOURIER MAIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Much of this novel feels frighteningly plausible ... Coleman's world shimmers on the page like a heat haze' \u003cb\u003eARTS HUB\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'If you liked Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e or Charlotte Woods' \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, this one is clearly for you' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The book holds up a thoughtful mirror showing us to ourselves using an all too real future' \u003cb\u003eKILL YOUR DARLINGS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003ci\u003eEnclave\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that inclines towards hope ... offers us an alternative: a world in which people, in meeting the demands of the present with curiosity, courage and conviction, can bring about a more just and inclusive future' \u003cb\u003eNEW DAILY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Coleman can turn a deft phrase ... She writes a mean chase sequence, ramping up the suspense when she wants, with fight scenes and great narrative propulsion' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE AGE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Coleman offers an urgent critique of bigotry and, implicitly, of colonialism, writing with conviction about the ways technology can be misused by those in power, but also how it might be deployed for good. Indeed, despite its dystopian tenor, Enclave is ultimately a hopeful novel, and one which suggests it is far from futile to aspire to a better future' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMANJIMUP-BRIDGETOWN TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'If Margaret Atwood's dystopian \u003ci\u003eHandmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e ignited a spark, you'll rip through Claire Coleman's new novel like a forest fire' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMARIE CLAIRE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'She is toying with the canon, but also placing menacing signposts of the unsustainability of the settlement's brutal, exclusionary politics. \u003ci\u003eEnclave\u003c\/i\u003e is a clarion shout against demonising the unfamiliar, and the temptation to withdraw into a bubble' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire G. Coleman is a Noongar writer, born in Western Australia, and now based in Naarm. Her family have been from the area around Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun on the south coast of WA since before time started being recorded. Claire wrote her black\u0026amp;write! Fellowship-winning book \u003ci\u003eTerra Nullius\u003c\/i\u003e while travelling around Australia in a caravan. \u003ci\u003eThe Old Lie\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) was her second novel and in 2021 her acclaimed non-fiction book, \u003ci\u003eLies Damned Lies\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Ultimo Press. \u003ci\u003eEnclave\u003c\/i\u003e is her third novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.13 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735935651903,"sku":"9780733640865","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c0aa7d21b1fcbd9266ac40388a16fb7d.webp?v=1765145199","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/enclave-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}