{"product_id":"orbital-9780802161543","title":"Orbital","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 Hawthornden Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, \u003cem\u003eOrbital\u003c\/em\u003e is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ravishingly beautiful.\" -- Joshua Ferris, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA slender novel of epic power, \u003cem\u003eOrbital \u003c\/em\u003edeftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts--from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan--have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. Most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfound and contemplative, \u003cem\u003eOrbital\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving elegy to our environment and planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802161543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamantha Harvey\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of five novels, \u003cem\u003eOrbital, The Western Wind, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDear Thief\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAll Is Song\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Betty Trask Prize, and one work of nonfiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Shapeless Unease\u003c\/em\u003e. Her books have been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e First Book Award, and the James Tait Black Prize, as well as longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Baileys Women's Prize. She lives in Bath, UK, and teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42365485514867,"sku":"0802161545","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_409be18a-bd46-4a59-8ffa-36491d75ea8e.jpg?v=1727909286","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/orbital-9780802161543","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}