A01=Sofia Samatar
African American sci-fi
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allegory
Author_Sofia Samatar
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carceral state
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chain gang
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dystopia
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prison abolition
professor protagonist
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respectability politics
revolution
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spaceship setting
student protagonist
supernatural powers
teacher-student mentorship
thrilling
transformational
transformative justice
university setting
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Product details
- ISBN 9781250881809
- Weight: 113g
- Dimensions: 130 x 205mm
- Publication Date: 13 May 2024
- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars.
His whole world changes - literally - when he is yanked 'upstairs' and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship’s university alongside the elite. Overwhelmed and alone, the boy forms a bond with the woman he comes to know as 'the professor.'
A weary idealist, the woman has spent her career striving for acceptance and validation from her more senior colleagues in the hopes of achieving a brighter future, only to fall short at every turn.
Together, the boy and the woman will embark on a transformative journey to grasp the design of the chains that fetter them both - and are the key to breaking free.
Sofia Samatar's (she/her) first novel, A Stranger in Olondria, won the 2014 William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and was included in Time Magazine's list of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. She also received the 2014 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her novel The Winged Histories completed the Olondria duology, and was followed by Tender: Stories, Monster Portraits (with the artist Del Samatar), and The White Mosque: A Memoir. Sofia lives in Virginia and teaches at James Madison University.
