{"product_id":"event-horizon-9781558613546","title":"Event Horizon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity, \u003c\/i\u003ea saga of one girl's resistance and exile in the stars and soil of galactic empire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Milde is from the Outskirts, a place beyond the mountains where the dirt is corpse-rich, where mothers and daughters make their living banished from society--without rights, access to care, or legal status. But Milde refuses to accept the order of things, so one day, together with some friends, she throws Molotov cocktails at the urban planning office in the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Milde is framed as the instigator of the riot, she is arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and eventually presented with a final choice: to be executed publicly or to be launched into space, into a black hole called the Mass, for an experiment. Milde chooses the Mass--opting to face its fathomless depth and loneliness rather than hurt the morale of her weary allies back home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e is an exquisite existential novel, dark as deep space, woven with reflection on oppression, solidarity, trauma, and loss. With a completely unique voice, Balsam Karam writes about the swirl of hope and despair in the lives of the marginalized and a young woman's unwavering belief in a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBalsam Karam \u003c\/strong\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 \u003cem\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. Her second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Singularity\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in Sweden in 2021 and was shortlisted for the August Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaskia Vogel \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003ePermission \u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52141497188626,"sku":"9781558613546","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_670a3c85-4392-406a-9524-213bfa8e7a15.jpg?v=1774452638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/event-horizon-9781558613546","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}