
The Future
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In an alternate history of Detroit, strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. Gloria arrives looking for her missing granddaughters, but when intuition sends her into Parc Rouge, where the city’s orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can’t imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, The Future is a testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love—together.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Susan
Ouriou
SUSAN OURIOU is an award-winning fiction writer and literary translator with over sixty translations and co-translations of fiction, non-fiction, children’s and young-adult literature to her credit. She has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation. Jane, the Fox and Me, co-translated with Christelle Morelli, was named to IBBY’s Honour List. She has also published Nathan, a novel for young readers. Susan lives in Calgary, Alberta.
SUSAN OURIOU is an award-winning fiction writer and literary translator with over sixty translations and co-translations of fiction, non-fiction, children’s and young-adult literature to her credit. She has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation. Jane, the Fox and Me, co-translated with Christelle Morelli, was named to IBBY’s Honour List. She has also published Nathan, a novel for young readers. Susan lives in Calgary, Alberta.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Set in an alternate dystopian French colonial Detroit, destroyed by wars and climate change, Gloria, grief-stricken by the mysterious death of her daughter, comes looking for her granddaughters. In her search for her family, Gloria slowly builds bonds and embraces a new family of survivors. Above all, this novel is about the resilience of relationships and the primal desire to create a new life and community. VPL staff selected this novel because of its inspiring characters and wonderful translation, and it’s demonstrated popularity among our patrons. Catherine Leroux is an award winning author. Her novel The Party Wall, a translation of Le mur mitoyen, won the France-Quebec Prize in the original French and, in translation, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The French original of The Future (L’avenir) won the Jacques Brossard Prize. Susan Ouriou is an award-winning fiction writer and literary translator. She has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation.