num_pages: 272
description: Key West 2016. Sea levels are rising coral reefs are dying. In short everything is going to hell. It's here that two young filmmakers find something to believe in: an old sailor who calls himself Daniel Defoe and claims to be five hundred sixty years old.In fact old Dan is in the prime of his life. It's an incredible perhaps eternal American life which Mr. Eternity imagines over a millennium: a parade of conquistadors and plantation owners lusty mermaids and dissatisfied princesses picking up in the sixteenth century in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and continuing into the twenty-sixth where in the future Democratic Federation of Mississippi States Dan serves as an advisor to the King of St. Louis. Some things remain constant throughout the centuries and being on the edge of ruin may be one. In 1560 the Spaniards have destroyed the Aztec and Inca civilizations. In 2500 we've destroyed our own: the cities of the Atlantic coast are underwater the union has fallen apart and cars plastics and air conditioning are relegated to history. But there are other constants too: love ingenuity humor and old Dan himself always adapting and inspiring others with dreams of a better life.An ingenious hilarious and genre-bending page-turner Mr. Eternity is multiple novels in one. Together they form an uncommon work--about our changing planet and its remarkable continuities.
language: English
title: Mr. Eternity
publisher: Bloomsbury USA