Newly laid off Georges internet bill is in his ex-boyfriends name. Hes got a spider-infested apartment, and two of the six dogs hes walking in London have just escaped. Its pure undiluted stress that sends him into a spiral, all the way to the year 1300.

When he comes to, George recognizes the same rolling hills of Greenwich Park. But the luxuries and phone service of modernity are nowhere. In their place are locals with a bizarre, slanted speech in awe of his foreign clothes, who swiftly toss him in a dungeon. Despite the barbarity of a medieval world, a servant named Simon helps George acclimate to a simpler, easier existenceuntil a summons from the King threatens to send his life up in flames.

George Falls Through Timeisas much an inward journey as an outward one: an immersive exploration of identity and dislocation that pits present-day sensibilities against a raw and alien backdrop, a strangely perfect canvas for the absurd anxieties of our modern lives. It’s a profound meditation on the nature of desire perfect for fans of Madeline Miller andThe Ministry of Time.

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