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02710aam a2200421 i 4500 001 932127C030FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230802011922 008 230719s2023 oru 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023005441 020 $a 1953534910 020 $a 9781953534910 035 $a (OCoLC)1390747144 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c JRG $d JRG $d CHY $d SILO 050 00 $a PS3602.E75565 $b M87 2023 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230210 100 1 $a Bergman, Rebekah, $d 1989- $e author. 245 14 $a The museum of human history : $b a novel / $c Rebekah Bergman. 250 $a First US edition. 264 1 $a Portland, Oregon : $b Tin House, $c 2023. 300 $a 243 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Complex, philosophically searching, and gorgeously rendered, Rebekah Bergman's The Museum of Human History is a sharp and startling debut about a young girl frozen in time in a world obsessed with youth and self-preservation. After nearly drowning, eight-year-old Maeve Wilhelm falls into a strange comatose state. As years pass, it becomes clear that Maeve is not physically aging. A wide cast of characters finds themselves pulled toward Maeve, each believing that her mysterious "sleep" holds the answers to their life's most pressing questions: Kevin Marks, a museum owner obsessed with preservation; Monique Gray, a refugee and performance artist; Lionel Wilhelm, an entomologist who dreamed of being an astrophysicist; and Evangeline Wilhelm, Maeve's identical twin. As Maeve remains asleep, the characters grapple with a mysterious new technology and medical advances that promise to ease anxiety and end pain, but instead cause devastating side effects. Weaving together speculative elements and classic fables, and exploring urgent issues from the opioid epidemic to the hazards of biotech to the obsession with self-improvement and remaining forever young, Rebekah Bergman's The Museum of Human History is a brilliant and fascinating novel about how time shapes us, asking what--if anything--we would be without it"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Longevity $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Coma $x Patients $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 9 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20240523010748.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012420.0 952 $l YUPD232 $d 20231220011051.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20231219014602.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207020535.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20231005011111.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20230915010121.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230822010651.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230802013447.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=932127C030FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search