Harvey, Samantha
Orbital
- ISBN 13:
- 9780802161543
- author:
- Harvey, Samantha
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 193
- Dimensions:
- 18.8 x 12.5 x 2.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Orbital is a novel that explores the human experience through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. As they travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour, they leave their lives behind, but their connections to family and the world below remain. The book is a moving elegy to our environment and planet, offering a profound and contemplative look at the beauty and intimacy of space. Through brief communications, photos, and talismans, we glimpse moments of their earthly lives, while also witnessing their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets, and the breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate moments of the galaxy. The novel deftly snapshots one day in the lives of these astronauts, forming bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. A slender novel of epic power, Orbital is a beautiful and thought-provoking exploration of space, life, and our place in the universe.
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