{"product_id":"event-horizon","title":"Event Horizon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Singularity,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea saga of one girl's resistance and exile in the stars and soil of empire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Milde is from the Outskirts, \u003cspan\u003ea place beyond the mountains where the dirt is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecorpse-rich and mothers and daughters make their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eliving banished from society—without rights, access to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecare, or legal status. Simmering under the surface of their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eday-to-day survival is a desire for change—and one day, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMilde and her friends act on it, setting fire to government \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebuildings in the city that has rejected them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Milde is framed as the instigator of the uprising, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshe is arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and eventually \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epresented with a final choice: to be executed publicly or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto be launched into space, into a black hole called the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMass, for an experiment. Milde chooses the Mass.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite existential novel, dark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas deep space, woven with reflection on oppression, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esolidarity, trauma, and loss. With a completely unique \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evoice, Balsam Karam writes about the swirl of hope \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand despair in the lives of the marginalized and a young \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewoman’s unwavering belief in a better world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eAn exceptional speculative novel.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“If you ever wonder why fiction matters, read this radiant and defiant book. Nothing confronts the realities of our world more powerfully than a story willing to imagine and extrapolate them so fully. That this vision is readable—bearable, even—is only because it is written with such love, care, and formal brilliance in both voice and structure.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamantha Harvey, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrbital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Balsam Karam’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a parable for our times. With the power of myth and the lyricism of an epic poem, the novel grapples with so much of what we are witnessing around us across the globe: oppression, torture, migration, division, and humans having to negotiate impossible bargains. This philosophical and existential novel had me gripped from beginning to end. Karam’s voice—urgent and essential—penetrates deep and will stay with me.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Joanna Pocock, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBalsam Karam\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(b. 1983) is of Kurdish ancestry and has lived in Sweden since she was a young child. She is an author, librarian, and university lecturer, and made her literary debut in 2018 with the critically acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. Her second novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Singularity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was published in Sweden in 2021 and was shortlisted for the August Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaskia Vogel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePermission \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the translator of over twenty Swedish-language books. She was awarded the Berlin Senate Endowment for Non-German Literature and was a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize. From Los Angeles, she now lives in Berlin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820324040858,"sku":"EventHorizon-NewBook","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/6988\/8666\/files\/9781558613546.webp?v=1785864525","url":"https:\/\/www.redcurrentshop.com\/products\/event-horizon","provider":"Red Current Distro - Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}