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In Universes
By (Author) Emet North
Cornerstone
Hutchinson Heinemann
8th September 2024
8th August 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Hardback
240
Width 145mm, Height 223mm, Spine 24mm
349g
A kaleidoscopic literary debut about love and self set across parallel universes 'In Universes is a dazzling and inventive exploration of the many people we might become, the possibilities we might discover, and the heartbreak we can't run from. This novel is a breathtaking introduction to a brilliant new voice' Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections Raffi is a physicist who spends their days removing stars from pictures of the night sky, dreaming about parallel universes. In this one, they're falling for a queer sculptor named Britt who they almost met when they were kids - if only they'd had the courage to say hello. What if Raffi had said hello The question catapults Raffi across alternate universes, each an answer to the question of what their life might be like if things had happened just a little differently. Each universe is beautiful and dangerous for Raffi. Where apocalyptic landscapes teem with bears, mothers fracture into hordes of animals, and glistening sandcastles stand tall enough to live inside. Across them all, Raffi searches for a life that feels their own. But everything eventually leads them back to Britt- the girl they loved and lost. IN UNIVERSES is a kaleidoscopic and tender navigation of love, queerness and belonging that bursts with imagination and hope.
In Universes is a dazzling and inventive exploration of the many people we might become, the possibilities we might discover, and the heartbreak we can't run from. This novel is a breathtaking introduction to a brilliant new voice -- Danielle Evans, , award-winning author of The Office of Historical Corrections
Emet North beautifully fractures the veil between genres, weaving a kaleidoscopic journey of identity, love, and the choices that make us. This is a multiverse where both tender and painful childhood memories echo through the dark matter of adulthood and finds its way to post-apocalyptic gardens of the dead. An assured and wildly imaginative debut that never loses its heart in any of its realities -- Sequoia Nagamatsu, bestselling author of How High We Go in the Dark
In Universes is an explosion of creative beauty and heart. Emet North is a massively talented writer arriving ready to awe. -- Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, New York Times bestselling author of Chain Gang All Stars
Beautiful and surreal, In Universes is a tenderly-crafted maze that brims with emotiondespair and regret, love and hopeas it wrestles with the endless seeking of self and the what-ifs that define a life. -- Fonda Lee, author of The Green Bone Saga and winner of the World Fantasy Award
Emet North has lived in a dozen states over the past decade and has no fixed residence, though they feel most at home in the mountains. In previous lives, they've worked in an observational cosmology lab on a grant from NASA, taught snowboarding in Montana, researched Lie algebras, led wine tastings, waited tables, trained horses, and written a thesis on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. They translate from Spanish to English with a particular focus on queer and trans voices and are always looking for new projects.