For fans of David Mitchell, Ruth Ozeki, and Kazuo Ishiguro, an elegant and exhilarating literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves.
A breathlessly moving unique take on the intersection of fate and free will (Nikki Erlick, author of The Measure ), The Other Valley is a stellar debut, full of heartbreak and hope wrapped up in gorgeous prose (Christina Dalcher, author of Vox )..
Yet she finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, imperiling her entire future.
Sworn to secrecy in order to preserve the timeline, Odile now becomes the Conseil\'s top candidate.
Edme--who is brilliant, funny, and the only person to truly see Odile--is about to die.
When Odile recognizes two visitors she wasn\'t supposed to see, she realizes that the parents of her friend Edme have been escorted across the border from the future, on a mourning tour, to view their son while he\'s still alive in Odile\'s present.
The towns repeat in an endless sequence across the wilderness.
To the west, it\'s twenty years behind.
Except to the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time.
On the Other side, it\'s the same valley, the same town.
If she earns the position, she\'ll decide who may cross her town\'s heavily guarded borders.
Sixteen-year-old Odile is an awkward, quiet girl vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil.
For fans of David Mitchell, Ruth Ozeki, and Kazuo Ishiguro, an elegant and exhilarating literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves
