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How High We Go in the Dark
How High We Go in the Dark
How High We Go in the Dark

Humanity's poignant odyssey through climate-triggered dystopia.

This novel is a must-read if you're looking for a story that interweaves human emotion with a grand narrative of societal change. Nagamatsu's debut is a rich tapestry of characters and timelines that offers a deeply moving exploration of resilience and connection amidst catastrophe. The book's imaginative world-building and profound empathy for its characters will stay with you long after the last page.

  • Locus Award Nominee for First Novel (2023)
  • Audie Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2023)
  • Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction and for Debut Novel (2022)
  • Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)
  • Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Nominee (2022)
  • All Iowa Reads for Adult (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780063072640
Authors: Sequoia Nagamatsu
Publisher: William Morrow
Date of Publication: 2022-01-18
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Related Topics: Japanese Literature, Space, Speculative Fiction, Asian Literature, Science Fiction, Dystopia
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 69402 readers)

Description

Dr. Cliff Miyashiro arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue his recently deceased daughter's research, only to discover a virus unearthed from melting permafrost. The plague reshapes life on Earth for generations. Yet even as humanity struggles to counter this force, people persist in myriad moving and inventive ways. Among those adjusting to this new normal are an aspiring comedian employed by a theme park for terminally ill children who falls in love with a mother trying to keep her son alive; a scientist who, having failed to save his own son from the plague, gets a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects—a pig—develops human speech; a man who, after recovering from his own coma, plans a block party for neighbors who have also woken up to find that they alone have survived their families; and a widowed painter and her teenage granddaughter who must set off on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet. From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead, How High We Go in the Dark follows a cast of intricately linked characters spanning hundreds of years as humanity endeavours to restore the delicate balance of the world. This is a story of unshakable hope that crosses literary lines to give us a world rebuilding itself through an endless capacity for love, resilience and reinvention. Wonderful and disquieting, dreamlike and all too possible.
 

Humanity's poignant odyssey through climate-triggered dystopia.

This novel is a must-read if you're looking for a story that interweaves human emotion with a grand narrative of societal change. Nagamatsu's debut is a rich tapestry of characters and timelines that offers a deeply moving exploration of resilience and connection amidst catastrophe. The book's imaginative world-building and profound empathy for its characters will stay with you long after the last page.

  • Locus Award Nominee for First Novel (2023)
  • Audie Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2023)
  • Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction and for Debut Novel (2022)
  • Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)
  • Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Nominee (2022)
  • All Iowa Reads for Adult (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.