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About
Francisco GarcÃa González and Translated by Brad Nelson
Books
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Referendum
In a future where Quebec has broken from Canada and flirts with annexation to the United States, two flags fly uneasily over Montreal. Amid heatwaves, political spectacle, and diplomatic pageantry, the republic stages its grand referendum of identity. But beneath the ceremonies, lives unravel. Aurèle Lamothe, guardian of “language and values,” wrestles with his obsessions and his country’s hollow ideals. Nzinga Mbandi, a refugee from Africa, recounts survival, resistance, and her vow of autonomy. Marie Coquelin, Quebec’s first lady, seeks escape in the utopian promise of New Antarctica, where women have built a nation of their own. Satirical, lyrical, and unflinching, Referendum blends politics, mythology, and pop culture into a darkly comic meditation on nationalism, exile, and the body. From Céline Dion elevated to sainthood to sheborgs replacing women, this novel is a biting vision of a world fractured by language, power, and desire.
