Press Release and Media Kit
For Immediate Release: 11/11/19
Oregon author explores death in visionary new novel, Farewell, Everything
Post-flood magical realism for the age of climate uncertainty
CORVALLIS, Ore., November 11, 2019 – Nowhere Press, independent publisher of speculative fiction and magical realism, is pleased to announce the release of Farewell, Everything, a metaphysical dystopian novel by debut author Véva Perala.
In a future recovering from climate fallout, a troubled runaway named Osha finds himself thousands of miles from home, gravely ill, and dragged into a war he knows nothing about. As his health, reality, and sanity all crumble, Osha unwittingly trades his life for a fever dream of half-truths and hidden realms. Helped and hindered by a cast of mystics, rebels and ghosts, he stumbles through the stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance – seeking a cure for his disease, a light in the darkness of war, and a better version of himself.
Straddling realms in both plot and style, Farewell, Everything merges humor and horror, past and future, and earthly existence with the great mysteries beyond.
Farewell, Everything by Véva Perala is to be published on November 11, 2019, from Nowhere Press. It will be immediately available on paperback (list price $19.99, 332 pages, ISBN 9781734086607) and ebook ($6.99, ISBN 9781734086614) from select booksellers, with wider retail distribution forthcoming in December 2019. To learn more about this new title, please visit nowherepress.com.
Twenty percent of the net profits from sales of this book will be donated to the following 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations: the Sierra Club Foundation, Prevent Child Abuse America, and RAINN.
About the author
H.B. Cavalier was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, though her experiences in Israel, the West Bank, and the Peruvian Amazon have equally influenced her work. For creative reasons, the character of Véva Perala is credited as author of Farewell, Everything. H.B. Cavalier has identified herself as “translator.” Farewell, Everything is her first novel.
About Nowhere Press
Nowhere Press is a Corvallis-based independent publisher of speculative fiction and magical realism set in the unique landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. For more information, please visit nowherepress.com.
Contact
For inquiries about this new title, please contact:
Ian Cavalier, Owner/Publisher
Nowhere Press
PO Box 314
Corvallis, OR 97339
iannowherepress.com
541-967-4083
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Farewell, Everything media kit
Publication details
| Title | Farewell, Everything |
| Author | Véva Perala |
| Translator | H.B. Cavalier |
| Published | November 11, 2019 (minor revision during a deadly pandemic: September 30, 2021) |
| Paperback | 332 pages US Trade (6 x 9 x 0.81 inches) ISBN 978-1-73408-660-7 View paperback on Lulu |
| Ebook | EPUB ISBN 978-1-73408-661-4 View ebook on Lulu |
| Genres | Fiction > Magical Realism Fiction > LGBT > General Fiction > Fantasy > Paranormal (Also appropriate would be Future Historical Fiction) |
| Words | Word count is approx. 101,000 |
| Keywords | abuse, bizarro, climate change, coming of age, death, disease, dying, dysfunctional family, dystopian, espionage, future, gay, genocide, ghost, grief, hallucination, haunted house, healing, herbalism, illness, lgbt, love, magical realism, medicinal plants, metaphysical, music, musician, mysticism, near-death experience, nomad, paranormal, political, protest, psychedelic, psychic, queer, racism, radio, revolution, spirit possession, spirit realm, stages of grief, strange, supernatural, surreal, transformation, trauma, travel, war, weird |
Author interview questions
For more information about the author, please see 20 questions with H.B. Cavalier, an interview with Nowhere Press, published December 13, 2019.
Book excerpt
You can download chapter nine (pages 47-53) of the paperback edition of Farewell, Everything as a PDF.
You can also read 20% (70 of 332 random pages) of the paperback edition of Farewell, Everything at Google Books. Or read chapter one at Reedsy Discovery.
Available downloads
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