{"product_id":"babylon-south-dakota-hardcover","title":"Babylon, South Dakota - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Lin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Carnegie Medal in Fiction winner \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious military secret shapes their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Lin's gossamer prose is patient and full of wonders.\"--\u003cb\u003eEd Park, author of \u003ci\u003eSame Bed Different Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Saul Keng Hsiu and his wife, Mei Lee, move from China to the United States to take possession of a 160-acre homestead bequeathed to them by a distant relative, all they have are the possessions on their back, some hidden gold, and a pocketful of chrysanthemum seeds. After a rocky start and a long, harsh winter, the couple find themselves successfully raising chrysanthemums and livestock, and soon after, a daughter, Mara. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when representatives from the US Army Corps of Engineers buy an acre of the Hsiu's farmland and begin building a missile silo, the inexplicable starts to occur: Mara can commune with the animals on the farm, Mei develops a hidden talent for augury, and the chrysanthemums become impervious to everything. When the Hsius learn that the project on their farm is an effort to make America's nuclear deterrent invulnerable, they see firsthand the long arm of power and empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the years and generations that follow, increasingly impacted by the silo and its residue, the Hsius experience strange, wondrous, and tragic events on their farm. An ambitious epic and an ode to the beauty and glory of our connection to the natural world\u003ci\u003e, Babylon, South Dakota\u003c\/i\u003e upends the idea of \"strangers in a strange land\" to become a classic American story. It is a daring novel about how choices reverberate across generations and asks us what we owe to one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine's Most Anticipated Books of the Year \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of Spring 2026 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review's\u003c\/i\u003e 32 Novels We're Excited About This Spring \u003ci\u003eThe Spokesman Review's\u003c\/i\u003e 12 upcoming books we're excited to read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Lin \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in China and immigrated to the United States when he was four. A graduate of Pomona College, he also holds a PhD from the University of California, Davis. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. He teaches English and creative writing at the University of Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 9.46 x 6.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52108649988397,"sku":"9780316576277","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/sy3wdJRUbe9780316576277.webp?v=1780494618","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/babylon-south-dakota-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}