explorer / books · 1996
Coelestis
Paul Park

Published 1993 by HarperCollins · 304 pages
Nebula Nominee 1996
Science FictionSynopsis
On a distant planet colonized by Americans, the indigenous alien inhabitants undergo surgical and chemical modification to appear human and assimilate into colonial society. When political upheaval disrupts the supply of transformative drugs, a "modified" alien woman begins reverting to her original state, forcing both colonizer and colonized to confront the brutal realities of cultural erasure.
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9780002241755