Orbit
Korean Title: 궤도
Author: Samantha Harvey
Translated by Song Ye-seul
Publisher: Seohaemunjip
ISBN: 9791194413394
240 page 120*188mm
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About This Book
Winner of the 2024 Booker Prize by a unanimous jury, it has been praised by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr and Emily St. John Mandel, one of today's most notable science fiction writers. Former President Barack Obama even recommended it as one of his "Best Books of 2024." It follows a day in the life of six astronauts orbiting Earth aboard a space station. The eerie sensation of witnessing sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets in twenty-four hours, the significance of viewing our tiny, ordinary Earth in detail from the pinnacle of cutting-edge engineering, and the complete peace and solace that comes from surrendering oneself to the fierce, vehement darkness of space unfold rhythmically in beautifully lyrical language.
Drawing on data from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) and the lived experiences of astronauts, author Samantha Harvey vividly and delicately portrays life on our planet, a world we've never seen before. This book invites us to step away from the harsh and noisy world, questioning and slowly reflecting on what we are doing to the Earth and our fellow human beings. It illuminates the new bonds forged between astronauts, each with a different nationality, mindset, and story, yet united within the lone spaceship. Their persistent contemplation, as they watch the vastness of space like gods, touches upon a massive typhoon ravaging the Philippines, the Amazon, a billionaire's rocket burning $5 billion to reach the moon, and the long trail of light stretching between India and Pakistan. It reminds us that we and our loved ones "live" on this dazzling blue planet, and ignites the spark that inspires us to dream of change. The author's signature
writing, characterized by meticulous descriptions and deliberate use of pauses and spaces, creates a breathtaking immersion, like the endless chain of continents and oceans that connects them throughout their orbit, drawing us deeply into this journey of contemplation. With Orbit, Samantha Harvey became the first woman to win the Booker Prize since 2019, and has been called “our modern Virginia Woolf” and “the Melville of the sky.”
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