This image released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux shows “Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World†by Naomi Klein. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux via AP)
This image released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux shows “Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World†by Naomi Klein. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Activist and best-selling author Naomi Klein has a book coming out in September that will combine personal reflections with political reporting and cultural commentary.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux announced Wednesday that in "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World," Klein will explore a time rife with “confusion across political, technological, environmental and medical spheres.â€
One point of confusion touched on in the book: Online commentators who mistake Klein for the author Naomi Wolf, leading Klein to tweet “please keep your Naomis straight†in 2020.
Klein said in a statement Wednesday that the book was a “departure†for her, “more personal, more experimental" and will explore “what it feels like to watch one’s identity slip away in the digital ether.â€
“Mostly, it’s an attempt to grapple with the wildness of right now — with conspiracy cultures surging and strange left-right alliances emerging and nobody seeming to be quite what they seem,†she said. "'Doppelganger' is my attempt at a usable map of our moment in history — but to make it, I had to get lost a few times.â€
Klein's previous books include "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" and “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal.†She is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and co-director of the school's Centre for Climate Justice.
