2022 continues to be the reading year of grief and trauma, which is no surprise giving everything that has been going on in the world for, well, a really long time. I can see how the generational trauma of colonialism has informed this universe. As I read, it became clear that Aliette de Bodard was playing with the word ‘wake’ in the title, The Red Scholar’s Wake. Wake: to transition from sleep; a gathering before the funeral, the track left by a moving body. Huân, […]
Wake: to transition from sleep; a gathering before the funeral, the track left by a moving body
The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard