{"product_id":"the-singularity-paperback-4","title":"The Singularity - 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\u003cb\u003eLyrical and devastating, \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity \u003c\/i\u003eis a breathtaking study of grief, migration, and motherhood from one of Sweden's most exciting new novelists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an unnamed coastal city filled with refugees, the mother of a displaced family calls out her daughter's name as she wanders the cliffside road where the child once worked. The mother searches and searches until, spent from grief, she throws herself into the sea, leaving her other children behind. Bearing witness to the suicide is another woman--on a business trip, with a swollen belly that later gives birth to a stillborn baby. In the wake of her pain, the second woman remembers other losses--of a language, a country, an identity--when once, her family fled a distant war.Balsam Karam weaves between both narratives in this formally ambitious novel and offers a fresh approach to language and aesthetic as she decenters a white European gaze. Her English-language debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful exploration of loss, history, and memory--an experience akin to \"drinking directly from a flood of tears\" (\u003ci\u003eAftonbladet\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBalsam Karam\u003c\/b\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 \u003ci\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the August Prize and is her second novel, published in Sweden in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaskia Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePermission \u003c\/i\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. She worked on \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity \u003c\/i\u003eas part of her translation residency at Princeton University. From Los Angeles, she now lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255152328953,"sku":"9781558611931","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V84ZbOLpbs9781558611931_2ce303bf-5e68-4c48-a63a-d685b5d6aa6e.webp?v=1768717741","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-singularity-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}