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02511aam a2200289 i 4500 001 DD0CFD24084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 240426s2024 nyu 000 0 eng 020 $a 0063314878 020 $a 9780063314870 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1393525001 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d OCLCO $d LIV $d SILO 100 1 $a North, Emet, $e author. 245 10 $a In universes / $c Emet North. 260 $a New York : $b Harper , $c 2024. 300 $a 227 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes, which follows a queer physicist?s search for belonging across time and space. Raffi works in an observational cosmology lab, searching for dark matter and trying to hide how little they understand their own research. Every chance they get, they escape to see Britt, a queer sculptor who fascinates them for reasons they also don?t?or won?t?understand. As Raffi?s carefully constructed life begins to collapse, they become increasingly fixated on the multiverse and the idea that somewhere, there might be a universe where they mean as much to Britt as she does to them?and just like that, Raffi and Britt are thirteen years old, best friends and maybe something more. In Universes is a mind-bending tour across parallel worlds, each an answer to the question of what life would be like if events had played out just a little differently. The universes grow increasingly strange: women fracture into hordes of animals, alien-infested bears prowl apocalyptic landscapes. But across them all, Raffi?alongside their sometimes-friends, sometimes-lovers Britt, Kay, and Graham?reaches for a life that feels authentically their own. Blending realism with science fiction, In Universes explores the thirst for genius, the fluidity of gender and identity, and the pull of the past against the desire to lead a meaningful life. Part Ted Chiang, part Carmen Maria Machado, part Everything Everywhere All At Once, In Universes insists on the transgressive power of hope even in the darkest of times. 650 0 $a Gender identity $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Interpersonal relations $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Multiverse $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Gay fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Queer fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240502012343.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD0CFD24084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search