The Girl in the Road

Love futuristic novels that actually tell stories about people instead of focusing on the technological novelties of the future. (Not that it lacks technological novelties!) Byrne paints a future where India and Africa are the new hotspots of culture, development and conflict. Gender, sexuality, language, culture, realities merge and clash. And women, there are women everywhere! The story is fascinating and intriguing, yet never reaches the level I wished it would. The journey on the bridge itself almost has “Inverted World” and “Woman In The Dunes” mind-messing qualities. The ending is intentionally left ambiguous by the author.