{"product_id":"event-horizon-paperback","title":"Event Horizon - Paperback","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\u003eBalsam Karam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSaskia Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity, \u003c\/i\u003ea saga of one girl's resistance and exile in the stars and soil of empire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Milde is from the Outskirts, a place beyond the mountains where the dirt is corpse-rich and mothers and daughters make their living banished from society--without rights, access to care, or legal status. Simmering under the surface of their day-to-day survival is a desire for change--and one day, Milde and her friends act on it, setting fire to government buildings in the city that has rejected them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Milde is framed as the instigator of the uprising, she is arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and eventually presented with a final choice: to be executed publicly or to be launched into space, into a black hole called the Mass, for an experiment. Milde chooses the Mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite existential novel, dark as deep space, woven with reflection on oppression, solidarity, trauma, and loss. With a completely unique voice, Balsam Karam writes about the swirl of hope and despair in the lives of the marginalized and a young woman's unwavering belief in a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBalsam Karam \u003c\/strong\u003e(b. 1983) is of Kurdish ancestry and has lived in Sweden since she was a young child. She is an author, librarian, and university lecturer, and made her literary debut in 2018 with the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. Her second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Singularity\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in Sweden in 2021 and was shortlisted for the August Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaskia Vogel \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003ePermission \u003c\/em\u003eand the translator of over twenty Swedish-language books. She was awarded the Berlin Senate Endowment for Non-German Literature and was a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize. From Los Angeles, she now lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52016637346093,"sku":"9781558613546","price":18.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/event-horizon-paperback-9812079.webp?v=1777442409","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/event-horizon-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}