An Uncertain Grace
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| Author | Kris Kneen |
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| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
Publication date | 27 February 2017 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781925355987 |
An Uncertain Grace is a 2017 novel by Kris Kneen.[1] The book contains five interlinked stories and combines elements of the genres of speculative fiction and erotica, exploring themes of sexuality and post-humanism.[2] The book was shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize.[3]
The novel is composed of five stories connected by their main character Liv. In the first, Liv sends a virtual reality bodysuit to her former lover so that he can experience their sexual relationship from her point of view. In the second, a sex offender named Ronnie has his consciousness fused with a jellyfish in order to commute his sentence. In the third, an android child who has been built to engage in relationships with pedophiles begins to develop his own consciousness. In the fourth, Liv encounters a teenager who is undergoing a technologically-enhanced gender transition. And in the final story, Liv, now 129 years old, develops a relationship with a sex worker.