Clementa tells an exciting, fulfilling story set in a future world that’s not apocalyptic, not postapocalyptic, not dystopian in any way. But it’s no technoparadise, either. Rather, it’s a future arcadia: humankind has learned how to thrive in harmony with a flourishing Nature.
Yes, it’s Planet Earth, all right. The mountains and seas are in the same old places. People look and sound the same as ever. Yet all animals run wild. All plants grow wild. Machines are scrap metal. Money is jewelry.
How did arcadia emerge from the environmental crisis we face today? The novel alludes to several contributing factors as it tells the story.
