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03157aam a2200493 i 4500 001 43E86A2461B211EE96A426B62DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231003010052 008 230129t20232023nyu e 000 f eng d 020 $a 9781324035176 020 $a 132403517X 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a PS 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Tshuma, Novuyo Rosa, $e author. 245 10 $a Digging stars : $b a novel / $c Novuyo Rosa Tshuma. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b W. W. Norton & Company, $c [2023] 300 $a 274 pages ; $c 25 cm. 520 $a "Blending drama and satire while examining the complexities of colonialism, racism, and what it means to be American, Digging Stars probes the emotional universes of love, friendship, family, and nationhood."-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a With admission to The Program, an elite interdisciplinary graduate cohort at the forefront of astronomy and technology, Rosa’s dreams are finally within reach. Her research into the cosmos follows in the footsteps of her astronomer father’s revolutionary work in Bantu geometries and Indigenous astronomies. A bona fide genius, he transformed the scientific landscape by fusing the best of Western and Indigenous scientific thought. Yet since his death during her childhood, Rosa has been plagued by anxiety attacks she dubs zThe Terrorsy—and by unresolved questions about her father’s life. Who is his mysterious friend Mr. C? Who was her father, really? Ambitious, hungry for success, and determined to soar, Rosa joins the ranks of America’s smartest. Her cohort of talented Fellows includes Shaniqua, her roommate, who is analyzing melanin molecules and their capacity to conduct electricity; Richard, an expert in quantum mechanics; Mausi, studying Indigenous American scientific thought; and Péralte, Rosa’s estranged stepbrother whose obsessive videogaming has inspired him to become a programmer. Her classmates challenge Rosa’s understanding of identity, personhood, the ethics of technology, and, most painfully, her adulation of her father, whose legacy is more complicated than it appears. 650 0 $a Women physicists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Zimbabweans $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cosmology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Astronomers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Identity (Psychology) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Racism $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nationalism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Technology $x Moral and ethical aspects $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Satirical literature. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 7 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240416010633.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012423.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20231205011315.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20231109010844.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20231005011039.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231003012844.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20231003012042.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=43E86A2461B211EE96A426B62DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search