{"product_id":"orbital-samantha-harvey","title":"Orbital (Samantha Harvey)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE**\u003cbr\u003e**THE #1 \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunning... An uplifting book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife on our planet as you've never seen it before\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Our unanimity about \u003ci\u003eOrbital \u003c\/i\u003erecognises its beauty and ambition. It reflects Harvey's extraordinary intensity of attention to the precious and precarious world we share' Edmund de Waal, Chair of the 2024 Booker Prize judges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSamantha Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eOrbital\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll is Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDear Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Western Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and a work of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Shapeless Unease\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eA Year of Not Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOrbital \u003c\/i\u003ewas the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, and her other work has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Betty Trask Prize. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 144 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63442841633117,"sku":"K097494664","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/226760-9749466400001A.jpg?v=1771163294","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/orbital-samantha-harvey","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}