It is 2020 and in a time more turbulent than any of us could have ever imagined, a woman is attempting to write a book about prophecy in the ancient world.
Navigating the tightening grip of lockdown, a marriage in crisis, and a ten-year-old son who seems increasingly unreachable, she becomes fixated on our many forms of divination and prediction: on oracles, tarot cards and tea leaves and the questions we have always asked as we scroll and click and rage against our fates.
But in doing so she fails to notice the future creeping into the heart of her own home. For despite our best intentions - our sacrifices and our bargains with the gods - time, certainty and, sometimes, those we love, can still slip away ...
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I am sick of the future. THEOMANCY: PROPERHECY BY FORETELLING EVENTS
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(@FigTreePenguin, 28 July 2022, ebook, 199 pages, #ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley)
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I'm a huge fan of the author's work as a poet so couldn't wait to read Delphi. I had a great time reading this. It's a short read but so much happens it felt much longer. I loved all the references to the ancient world and to be honest I'd have been happy to spend a lot more time there. I liked how each chapter is headed a different type of ancient prophecy and the chapter relates ancient ideas and beliefs to the modern world. This works really well. This is a joy to read.
