A New York Times Editors Choice Pick A Best Book of the Year for Time NPR The. A primal biblical epic flung into the future, Goliath weaves together. Still, the emotions are raw and real, and Onyebuchi doesn’t shy away from the more heart-wrenching moments. Read Goliath A Novel by Tochi Onyebuchi available from Rakuten Kobo. Order a Goliath: A Novel today from WHSmith. Onyebuchi’s biblically inspired cautionary tale offers a hauntingly beautiful portrait of the decaying planet, though the mosaic structure and blurring timelines can sometimes take readers out of the narrative as they work to piece events together. These are just a few of the large cast Onyebuchi cycles through in a collection of narrative vignettes that allows readers glimpses of a land plagued by the persistent nightmares of racism, gentrification, radiation poisoning, and escalating street violence. Goliath is an outstanding example of literary science fiction with the ability to interrogate the pressing fears of the day- from climate change and race wars. Time is nonlinear here, with some stories happening in the past, others in the characters’ presents, and others in their futures. Onyebuchi jumps through first, second, and third POV, from a traditional Western narrative structure to documentary footage to nonfiction journalism articles. The perspectives of Black New Haven laborers Linc and Bishop form a sharp contrast, and they know better than to idealize their circumstances. Goliath is not your average science fiction novel. Decades later, Jonathan and David, a white couple from the Colonies, move to New Haven with romantic ideas of starting a new life on Earth. Radiation and pollution due to climate change soon cause wealthy, privileged parties to follow to the Colonies in a drastic, extraterrestrial form of white flight, leaving the disadvantaged abandoned on the hazardous Earth with little help. A highly politicized viral pandemic has divided America, and conservatives who resent regulations leave the planet to establish the first space colony. A desolated Earth is the vivid backdrop for this harrowing, visionary sci-fi novel from Onyebuchi ( Riot Baby).

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