Book Recommendations for Rainy Days: From Afrofuturist Space Adventures to Dystopian French Elections
As summer heat gives way to rain and thunderstorms, the German newspaper der Freitag offers three book recommendations to accompany the cozy indoor days. The first is Nnedi Okorafor's Binti, an Afrofuturist novella trilogy that follows a young Himba woman named Binti in a distant future, who defies her parents' wishes to journey into space. The other two books, though not detailed in the excerpt, are described as involving a dystopian French election campaign and a shaman who became a pop star, with the latter set in the mushroom forests of Oaxaca. The article, written by Florian Schmid, suggests these reads as an escape from the rainy weather, with one of them promising nightmares.
Key facts
- The article is from der Freitag, a German newspaper.
- It recommends three books for rainy days.
- The first book is Nnedi Okorafor's Binti, an Afrofuturist novella trilogy.
- Binti is about a young Himba woman in a distant future who goes against her parents' wishes.
- The second book involves a dystopian French election campaign.
- The third book is about a shaman who became a pop star, set in the mushroom forests of Oaxaca.
- The article mentions that one of the books is guaranteed to cause nightmares.
- The weather context: after heat and forest fire danger, rain and thunderstorms with temperatures around 20 degrees are returning.
Entities
Artists
- Nnedi Okorafor
Institutions
- der Freitag
Locations
- Oaxaca
- Mexico
- France