Extinction Events Stories
“Extinction Events Stories” by Liz Breazeale, published by U of Nebraska Press in September 2019, is a collection of short stories that delves into the intricate relationships between humans and the natural world. Spanning 138 pages, this edition presents a narrative that intertwines personal struggles with the broader history of our planet, highlighting various extinction events that have shaped both the earth and the lives of its inhabitants.
Readers will encounter a diverse array of characters, including a mother witnessing the gradual disappearance of islands, a new bride navigating her estrangement through the lens of alien abduction, and a daughter searching for her mother among lost cities. The stories reflect on themes of loss and resilience, portraying extinction events not only as natural disasters but also as personal cataclysms. Through these narratives, Breazeale examines the myriad ways life can be disrupted, offering a thought-provoking exploration of both environmental and emotional upheaval.
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In this collection of short stories, Liz Breazeale explores the connections between humans and the natural world by examining the processes and history of our planet. A myriad of extinction events large and small have ruptured the history of the earth, and so it is with the women of this book, who struggle to define themselves amid their own personal cataclysms and those igniting the world around them. They are a mother watching the islands of the world disappear one by one, a new bride using alien abduction to get closer to her estranged parent, a daughter searching for her mother among the lost cities of the world, a sister trying and failing to protect her mythical continent–obsessed brother.
Here extinction events come in all sizes and shapes: as volcanic eruptions and devastating plagues and meteor impacts, as estrangements and betrayals and losses. Dark, angry, and apocalyptic, Extinction Events is a compendium of all the ways in which life can be annihilated.
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