Crocosmia

By Miranda Mellis

A revelatory novel (or parable) of art, adventure, and a radical politics, set in a world on the precipice.

A philosophical fable, Crocosmia centers on Maya as she recollects the "great turning"--a moment of radical social and ecological change effected by her mother, Jane's, art. As Maya recalls her upbringing--from a commune run by anarchist nuns to a time of rural isolation before her mother's disappearance--Mellis's prose gorgeously conjures a life defined by revolutionary thought and action and the interplay and tension between family life and political commitment. At once a fantasy, a handbook to political thought, and a work of eco-fiction, this lush novel meditates on how, in a world on the precipice, dreams of communal care can bloom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643622757
• ISBN13: 9781643622750
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Nightboat Books
• Length: 120 Pages