Von wo wir kommen werden

In einer Ecke Europas in einer nicht zu fernen Zukunft: Ash und Pinar, zwei Anführ_erinnen der Widerstandsbewegung in den 2020er Jahren, mussten damals die Stadt verlassen und haben sich draußen im Wald ein neues und leiseres Leben aufgebaut. Denn nach den wirtschaftlichen Krisen der 2020er duldet "der Staat" in seinen Mauern offiziell nur noch weiße, binäre, heter@normative Menschen und Lebensweisen. Doch nichts bleibt für immer. Der neu gefundene Frieden wird vom Staat erneut bedroht. Ash und Pinar schließen sich einer in der Stadt arbeitenden widerständigen Community an, um den Widerständigen in der Stadt zu helfen und für die eigenen solidarischen Ideale einzustehen. Gemeinsam kämpfen sie um ihr eigenes Überleben - und das Überleben ihrer gelebten kollektiven Gesellschaftsformen. Das Buch trifft den Nerv heutiger intersektionaler und trans_ aktivistischer Communitys: innerhalb kürzester Zeit wurde der englische Band viermal neu aufgelegt. "Von wo wir kommen werden" ist der ers te Teil einer Trilogie. Er wurde im englischen Original im Selbstverlag herausgebracht.

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"It is difficult to find fiction where you can see yourself reflected back, with characters you can relate to. I am not trans, but identify as gender queer, so this putting of gender and queerness on the table gave me a narrative feast. A murmuration is a stunning sky-filled congregation of hundreds of starlings, dancing like a heartbroken cloud, as one. In that way, I felt part of this book. It is such a beautiful book that deserves wider exposure." -Dolly Sen, Disability Arts Online "Ahhh that moment when a self-published title blows you away! Otter Lieffe's novel Margins and Murmurations was fantastic. It offers diverse queer characters, dystopia, a bit of time travel, and resistance...This novel is transfeminist, intersectional, and anti-capitalist. It calls out trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs), people who tokenize their marginalized friends and loved ones, the objectification of s3x workers, and more. Gender-inclusive language and pronouns are used where applicab le. It's amazing. Trans and nonbinary readers will see themselves and their experiences in this novel. Cis readers will hopefully learn a lot from it...Margins and Murmurations includes pieces of history, especially through Ash's travels in time. I had to pause to go down the Google rabbit hole more than once, and I always love when a book makes me do that. The writing is lovely, it has a nice quick pace, it's exciting, and it's #ownvoices. Highly recommend." -Monika Durbin, Lovely Bookshelf "From the friendly portrayals of s3x workers to non-cis-passing trans women being hounded even by supposed feminists, it brings topics into speculative fiction that are still far from the mainstream." -Bogi Takács, Strange Horizons

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"It is difficult to find fiction where you can see yourself reflected back, with characters you can relate to. I am not trans, but identify as gender queer, so this putting of gender and queerness on the table gave me a narrative feast. A murmuration is a stunning sky-filled congregation of hundreds of starlings, dancing like a heartbroken cloud, as one. In that way, I felt part of this book. It is such a beautiful book that deserves wider exposure." -Dolly Sen, Disability Arts Online "Ahhh that moment when a self-published title blows you away! Otter Lieffe's novel Margins and Murmurations was fantastic. It offers diverse queer characters, dystopia, a bit of time travel, and resistance...This novel is transfeminist, intersectional, and anti-capitalist. It calls out trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs), people who tokenize their marginalized friends and loved ones, the objectification of s3x workers, and more. Gender-inclusive language and pronouns are used where applicab le. It's amazing. Trans and nonbinary readers will see themselves and their experiences in this novel. Cis readers will hopefully learn a lot from it...Margins and Murmurations includes pieces of history, especially through Ash's travels in time. I had to pause to go down the Google rabbit hole more than once, and I always love when a book makes me do that. The writing is lovely, it has a nice quick pace, it's exciting, and it's #ownvoices. Highly recommend." -Monika Durbin, Lovely Bookshelf "From the friendly portrayals of s3x workers to non-cis-passing trans women being hounded even by supposed feminists, it brings topics into speculative fiction that are still far from the mainstream." -Bogi Takács, Strange Horizons