Swan, Erin
Entry updated 13 October 2022. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) US teacher and author whose first novel, Walk the Vanished Earth (2022), complexly intertwines a Western narrative set in nineteenth century Kansas, episodes set in contemporary or Near Future America, and a hegira across late twenty-first century Mars by a young woman accompanied by non-human guides/mentors. Throughout the cross-stitching of the tale a minatory concern for the consequences of Ecological carnage and Climate Change is evident, perhaps most movingly in the near extinction of the bison. The element of family romance through time comes to a head with the Martian protagonist's realization that she may be capable of refertilizing now-drowned Earth. She may decide not to.
Erin Swan should not be confused with Erin Swan, author of the Young Adult fantasy Bright Star (2019). [JC]
Erin Swan
born New York
works
- Walk the Vanished Earth (New York: Viking, 2022) [hb/]
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