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A poetic retelling of Noah's Ark set in the near future,Ceive is a novella in verse that recounts a post-apocalyptic journey aboard a container ship. This contemporary flood narrative unfolds through poems following the perspective of a woman named Val, who is found in the wreckage of her flooding home by a former UPS delivery man. As environmental and political catastrophes force them to flee the Eastern Seaboard, Val and her rescuer take refuge alongside a group of pilgrims seeking refuge from the catastrophic collapse of a civilization destroyed by gun violence, climate crisis, and social unrest. The ship of cargo and refugees is run by the captain Nolan and his wife Nadia, who set sail for Greenland, now warmed to a temperate climate. The couple place Val in charge of caring for a neurodivergent young boy who holds knowledge of analog navigation. Mourning her missing daughter, Val experiences both isolation and a wellspring of compassion in survival, an indefatigable need to connect. She and the other pilgrims weather illness and peril, boredom and conflict, deprivation and despair as they set sail across stormy, unfamiliar waters. Drawing from the Anglo-Saxon poemThe Seafarer, the Bible, and the Latin root word in receive,Ceive is a vision of eco-cataclysm and survival--inviting meditations on biodiversity, illness, social law, sustenance, scripture, menopause, sensory perception, human bonds, caregiving, and loss, all the while extending a call for renewal and hope. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The end of the world has come for us many times, in many ways. Whether brought about by humans, gods, or zombies, we have been telling about the end of all society since its beginning. It is lucky for us that most of those ends turn into beginnings of their own.
B.K. Fischer’s novella-in-verse Ceive is a play on the story of Noah in our time. It is not clear exactly what has killed the world, only that the protagonist must struggle with whether or not she is glad she survived to leave Sleepy Hollow and join up with a ship headed to Greenland. Alternating between poems and narrative prose tracking her journey, we are lead through all the stages of grief and the hint of rebirth. Each piece of verse can (and has in prior publication) stand on its own, but combined with the understated narrative beautifully and heartbreakingly reveals the character’s struggle, and what hope humanity may have in this new changed world.
I am no expert on poetry, but am glad whenever I find myself reading it again. It slows me down, and reminds me to really appreciate the words on the page. I am generally exhausted of the end of the world, but if I must face it again, Ceive shows how it can be done.