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A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in
the lives of six women and men hurtling through space--not towards
the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. 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. So are the marks of civilization far below,
encrusted on the planet on which we live. Profound, contemplative
and gorgeous, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and a
moving elegy to our humanity, environment, and planet.
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Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Samantha Harvey
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Pages: |
193 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-6154-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8021-6154-5 |
Barcode: |
9780802161543 |
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