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In Universes
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| Author | Emet North |
|---|---|
| Genre | Speculative Fiction |
| Release Date | April 30, 2024 |
| Publisher | Harper |
| Tags | Queer |
Description
‘In Universes is a dazzling and inventive exploration of the many people we might become, the possibilities we might discover, and the heartbreak we can’t run from. This novel is a breathtaking introduction to a brilliant new voice‘ Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections
Raffi is a physicist who spends their days removing stars from pictures of the night sky, dreaming about parallel universes. In this one, they’re falling for a queer sculptor named Britt who they almost met when they were kids – if only they’d had the courage to say hello.
What if Raffi had said hello? The question catapults Raffi across alternate universes, each an answer to the question of what their life might be like if things had happened just a little differently.
Each universe is beautiful and dangerous for Raffi. Where apocalyptic landscapes teem with bears, mothers fracture into hordes of animals, and glistening sandcastles stand tall enough to live inside. Across them all, Raffi searches for a life that feels their own. But everything eventually leads them back to Britt: the girl they loved and lost.
IN UNIVERSES is a kaleidoscopic and tender navigation of love, queerness and belonging that bursts with imagination and hope.
About the Author
E
met North is a writer and translator who has lived in a dozen states over the past decade and has no fixed residence, though they feel most at home in the mountains. They have an MFA in Fiction from Johns Hopkins University and an Sc.B./BA in Physics & Philosophy from Brown University, where they wrote their thesis on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. They have been awarded fellowships from Bread Loaf, Tin House, Aspen Words, the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, and are the winner of the 2022 Gulliver Travel Grant. They translate from Spanish to English with a particular focus on queer and trans voices and are always looking for new projects.
In previous lives, they’ve worked in an observational cosmology lab on a grant from NASA, taught snowboarding in Montana, researched Lie algebras, led wine tastings, waited tables, trained horses, and worked as caretaker for a ranch in Colorado. Their fiction and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The Sun, Conjunctions, Lightspeed, Best American Experimental Writing 2020, and elsewhere.
Their debut novel, IN UNIVERSES, is forthcoming from Harper Books (US) and Hutchinson Heinemann (UK) in May 2024. They are represented by PJ Mark and Hafizah Geter at Janklow & Nesbit.
