{"product_id":"used-orbital","title":"USED: Orbital","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMissing dust jacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Samantha Harvey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Grove Press, 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e207 pages, hardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-content-header\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA slender novel of epic power, \u003cem\u003eOrbital\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfound, contemplative and gorgeous, \u003cem\u003eOrbital\u003c\/em\u003e is a gift—a moving elegy to our humanity, environment, and planet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samantha Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248605102198,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/5662\/4502\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_725b0892-e516-4440-9c5f-a214116c2584.jpg?v=1775000096","url":"https:\/\/breadandrosespress.com\/products\/used-orbital","provider":"Bread \u0026 Roses Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}