{"id":63626,"date":"2020-09-17T08:05:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T12:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=63626"},"modified":"2020-09-16T21:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T01:32:14","slug":"new-novel-attacks-trump-on-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/new-novel-attacks-trump-on-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"New Novel Attacks Trump on Climate Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 17, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In the newly released novel, \u201cSnowflake<\/a>\u201d (ISBN: 978-1734093506) Arthur Jeon cranks up the climate change alarms while indicting the Trump administration for their environmental destruction. The result is a cli-fi thriller that\u2019s a blistering contribution to \u201ccontemporary historical fiction,\u201d the emerging genre that tackles current issues through fictional characters.<\/p>\n

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In addition to presidential assassination, “Snowflake” swims through many of America\u2019s murky cultural waters, including gun violence, factory farming, social media hate, mental health, and a #metoo subplot.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Arthur Jeon\u2019s previous books, published by Random House, are nonfiction works that teach ancient mindfulness practices to cope with modern stress. But to tackle the crushing topic of rapid global warming, the writer turned to fiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of us feel we are in an existential crisis right now. I wanted to speak to readers at that depth, which is only reached through emotion and story,\u201d says Jeon. \u201cIf you invest people in the character, then you can sneak in the latest climate science. I hope it appeals both to lovers of fiction and nonfiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Publishers Weekly Booklife, \u201cthe troubled, passionate young protagonist\u2019s voice is alluring and immediate.\u201d Ben, 18, is an animal lover who\u2019s alienated by social media and obsessed with science. After two near-tragedies, the scholarship student starts compiling doomsday headlines in his journal \u2013 the entire novel is snappy journal entries \u2013 and becomes enraged at the president who\u2019s accelerating the crisis. With each global warming disaster, Ben realizes the very survival of his generation is at stake. So, the \u201capocalyptic Holden Caulfield,\u201d as one reviewer calls him, decides on a desperate act of environmental activism, \u00adone that explores what it means to be a good American versus a global citizen: he will assassinate the climate-denying POTUS. Ben\u2019s journey stress-tests the line between morality and madness. And the novel pushes boundaries.<\/p>\n

When asked if he\u2019s concerned about publicly excoriating the sitting president, Jeon quoted Ron Charles in his recent article in the Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cFictional characters can no more defame a real-life person than they can murder one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn \u2018Snowflake,\u2019 that real-life person is Donald Trump,\u201d continues Jeon. \u201cAnd Trump\u2019s attacks on our environment that Ben cites are real \u2013 you can fact-check them all. It\u2019s what compels my fictional character to want to kill the president who every day sells off our natural inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSnowflake\u201d is a provocative manifesto for our precarious moment, as one species goes extinct every twenty minutes and seven million people will die from air pollution this year (just two terrifying facts from the book). For those who feel like its young protagonist, angry and helpless as we blow past irreversible tipping points, the novel is an urgent battle cry \u2013 if not to take up arms, then to vote.<\/p>\n

Arthur Jeon is the author of two nonfiction books published by Random House \u2013 \u201cCity Dharma: Keeping Your Cool in the Chaos\u201d and \u201cSex, Love & Dharma: Finding Love Without Losing Your Way.\u201d Both books apply mindfulness to the stresses of modern life and love. Snowflake is his debut novel, using fiction to communicate climate fact.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cSnowflake\u201d
\nPublisher: Global Animal
\nISBN: 978-1734093506
\nAvailable on Amazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B088SBCFNG<\/a><\/p>\n

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