{"product_id":"2940170829620","title":"Everfair","description":"\u003ci\u003eEverfair\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful Neo-Victorian alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo if the native populations had learned about steam technology a bit earlier. Fabian Socialists from Great Britian join forces with African-American missionaries to purchase land from the Belgian Congo's \"owner,\" King Leopold II. This land, named Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven, an imaginary Utopia for native populations of the Congo as well as escaped slaves returning from America and other places where African natives were being mistreated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNisi Shawl's speculative masterpiece manages to turn one of the worst human rights disasters on record into a marvelous and exciting exploration of the possibilities inherent in a turn of history. \u003ci\u003eEverfair\u003c\/i\u003e is told from a multiplicity of voices: Africans, Europeans, East Asians, and African Americans in complex relationships with one another, in a compelling range of voices that have historically been silenced. \u003ci\u003eEverfair\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a beautiful book but an educational and inspiring one that will give the reader new insight into an often ignored period of history.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100272673008,"sku":"2940170829620","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170829620_p0.jpg?v=1763719083","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170829620","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}