Weather-in considering how environmental crises strain day-to-day relationships. But it joins other contemporary novels-Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were, Jenny Offill’s Weather, María Amparo Escandón’s L.A. Rooney’s novel is perhaps not technically “cli-fi,” in that the plot does not center on environmental concerns in a climate-shaped world. Love isn’t a distraction from climate emergency-on the contrary, its existence is critical for helping us cope. This shame feels all too familiar, but it is a feeling I have come to mistrust. Midway through Sally Rooney’s zeitgeisty new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, one protagonist emails another about the “problem of contemporary life.” The reality, she writes, is that “when we should have been reorganizing the distribution of the world’s resources and transitioning collectively to a sustainable economic model, we were worrying about sex and friendship instead.” Her summation suggests that our private and public worlds are in opposition. You can learn more about the book club here, or join us on Facebook to discuss our October pick, Bewilderment, a new work of climate fiction by Richard Powers. We’re relaunching the Outside Book Club this week, and to celebrate we’re publishing a series on how the booming genre of climate fiction is helping us see our changing planet in a new light.
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