The Rain Artist
Book one, the Clepsydra Series
by Claire Rudy Foster
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Pub Date Feb 24 2024 | Archive Date Feb 15 2024
Description
In 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, The Rain Artist is pitched as Succession meets The Fifth Element and asks the question of how art and artists can thrive under commercialized capitalism. This is Book One in the Clepsydra Series.
The Rain Artist started as a short story published in O: The Oprah Magazine and was included as a notable story in the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 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.
About the author: Claire Rudy Foster's debut short story collection, Shine of the Ever, was named as one of the best LGBTQ books of the year by O: The Oprah Magazine and was a finalist for the Foreword INDIE Awards. The book was selected for the ALA 2021 Over the Rainbow Fiction and Poetry Longlist.
Foster's essays and fiction have appeared in many places, including The New York Times, Black Static, Lit Hub, The Guardian, Mic, McSweeney's, and Catapult. Their writing has been recognized with four Pushcart Prize nominations. Foster is the co-writer of the bestselling nonfiction book Unsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis, which was named the "best bankruptcy book in the world" and one of Ralph Nader’s top picks of the year.
Advance Praise
“A deluge of talent & surrealism engulfs the senses in The Rain Artist. Part Le Guin, part Mary Shelley, it is a moving picture guiding you through its lavish rooms.” —Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins, poet and publisher, Resurrection Press
“Smart, haunting, and exceptional ... 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 The Dark Net, The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding
“... an otherworldly, Atwood-esque dystopia.” —Michelle Hart, Books Editor, O: The Oprah Magazine
Marketing Plan
National book tour and media promotion, including radio, print, TV.
National book tour and media promotion, including radio, print, TV.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798988815402 |
| PRICE | $19.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 268 |
Links
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Millie A, Reviewer
What an amazing novel. The Rain Artist has everything to become a classic. The prose is great and everything that's on the page is captivating, from the characters' backstory to the worldbuilding. I loved the three protagonists (Celine, Paul, and Yochanna) and couldn't wait to see what happened to them. The concept itself around the lack of rain and rain parties was intriguing and very well executed, making the story believable. I wish the book would have been longer and some parts of it a bit more developed, because it was hard to put it down once I finished and I kept wanting more.
Congratulations to Claire Rudy Foster for writing such a brilliant story. I look forward to reading their next novel.
Tiffany M, Reviewer
Claire Rudy Foster knows how to write. The prose is exceptional, world building is a masterclass. Just when you thought you've seen the depths of billionaire depravity, Foster brings it to another level in The Rain Artist, but not without a hopeful dose of humanity with our protagonists, Celine, Yochanna, and Paul. I can't wait to see what Foster brings to the table next!
Jessica J, Bookseller
What would you say if you were invited to a rain party? Well, in this futuristic world, rain is a luxury for the rich. For rain parties you must have custom umbrellas made for the party. these umbrellas are made with the utmost care and most expensive fabrics and lace. Only one person in this world is able to make these, and it takes months. Celine, our umbrella maker, is framed for murder and the murder weapon is one of her own umbrellas. With our ex-con, Paul, and the chaos that insues, you will read through this queer dystopian fiction novel so quickly.
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