{"product_id":"the-rain-artist","title":"The Rain Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a future where rain is a luxury enjoyed exclusively by the ultra-rich, the world's only umbrella-maker is framed for the high-profile murder of the quadrillionaire patriarch who controls the earth's last natural resources. Beautiful and horrific, \u003cem\u003eThe Rain Artist\u003c\/em\u003e is pitched as \u003cem\u003eSuccession\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Element\u003c\/em\u003e and asks the question of how art and artists can thrive under commercialized capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rain Artist\u003c\/em\u003e started as a short story published in \u003cem\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and was included as a notable story in the \u003cem\u003eBest American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022\u003c\/em\u003e anthology by editors Rebecca Roanhorse and John Joseph Adams. The novel is the first in a series set in the immediate future of our mutating planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the author: Claire Rudy Foster's debut short story collection, \u003cem\u003eShine of the Ever\u003c\/em\u003e, was named as one of the best LGBTQ books of the year by \u003cem\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and was a finalist for the Foreword INDIE Awards. The book was selected for the ALA 2021 Over the Rainbow Fiction and Poetry Longlist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoster's essays and fiction have appeared in many places, including \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlack Static, Lit Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCatapult\u003c\/em\u003e. Their writing has been recognized with four Pushcart Prize nominations. Foster is the co-writer of the bestselling nonfiction book \u003cem\u003eUnsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e, which was named the \"best bankruptcy book in the world\" and one of Ralph Nader's top picks of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Rain Artist is an evocative feast of all-too relevant eco and dystopian horror backdropped by smart, compelling storytelling that echoes the literary odyssey's of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Word for World is Forest and Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. \u003cstrong\u003eRemarkable characters, disturbing, and perpetually beautiful\u003c\/strong\u003e. Celine Broussard is about to become everybody's new favorite heroine. C. R. Foster's brilliant, award-winning writing shines brightest in this apocalyptic, page-turning novel.\" -Kayli Scholz, author of \u003cem\u003eSaint Grit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deluge of talent \u0026amp; surrealism engulfs the senses in \u003cem\u003eThe Rain Artist\u003c\/em\u003e. Part Le Guin, part Mary Shelley, it is \u003cstrong\u003ea moving picture guiding you through its lavish rooms\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" -Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins, poet and publisher, Resurrection Press\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eSmart, haunting, and exceptional\u003c\/strong\u003e ... The characters in Claire Rudy Foster's fiction are all achingly lonely and the victims of human error, yes-but they're also miracles of endurance whose devastations, large and small, illuminate the better parts of ourselves.\" -Benjamin Percy, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Net\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dead Lands\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRed Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Wilding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... an \u003cstrong\u003eotherworldly\u003c\/strong\u003e, Atwood-esque dystopia.\" -Michelle Hart, Books Editor, \u003cem\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moonstruck Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943396475111,"sku":"9798988815402","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_834c3b56-cce8-498b-81cf-d879870f5af2.jpg?v=1775321411","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-rain-artist","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}