"Ghost Town"

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Title"Ghost Town"
Year for Search2019
AuthorsTharoor, Kanishk
Secondary TitleMcSweeney’s 58. 2040 A.D.
Volume / Edition58
Pagination98-109
Date Published2019
PublisherMcSweeney’s Quarterly Concern
Place PublishedSan Francisco, CA
KeywordsIndian author, Male author, US author
Annotation

The story is set in Uttarakhand, India, and the oppressive heat of the lowlands gradually reached the mountains and destroyed the crops. Most people leave but one couple stays even after their son leaves and dies in a construction accident in Oman.

Info Notes

The authors of the stories were each “assigned a specific climate event mentioned” in the 2018 UN climate report collaborating with experts recommended by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) who “provide a scientific backbone” for the stories while giving the writers free rein to determine how closely they adhered to that science” (6-7). The Introduction to the volume (7-12) is by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Chief Program Officer of the NDRC.

Illustration

Illus. Wesley Allsbrook
Holding Institutions

PSt, PU
Author Note

The author, an Indian citizen, was born in Singapore and raised in Geneva, Calcutta, and New York, where he lives.

Full Text

2019 Tharoor, Kanishk. “Ghost Town.” Illus. Wesley Allsbrook. 2040 A.D. McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern 58 (Winter 2019): 99-109. PSt, PU

The story is set in Uttarakhand, India, and the oppressive heat of the lowlands gradually reached the mountains and destroyed the crops. Most people leave but one couple stays even after their son leaves and dies in a construction accident in Oman. The authors of the stories were each “assigned a specific climate event mentioned” in the 2018 UN climate report collaborating with experts recommended by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) who “provide a scientific backbone” for the stories while giving the writers free rein to determine how closely they adhered to that science” (6-7). The Introduction to the volume (7-12) is by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Chief Program Officer of the NDRC. The author, an Indian citizen, was born in Singapore and raised in Geneva, Calcutta, and New York, where he lives.