This is the landscape that Kimi Eisele creates in her surprising and original debut novel. Evoking the spirit of such monumental love stories as Cold Mountain and the creative vision of novels like Station Eleven, The Lightest Object in the Universe tells the story of what happens after the global economy collapses and the electrical grid goes down/5(). · In The Lightest Object in the Universe, author Kimi Eisele explores how humanity would have to evolve, relying on hope and love to ultimately sustain humankind.” —The Associated Press “A worthy addition to the realm of speculative fiction More than just standard techno-challenged-humanity-rendered-atavistic fare, this is a love www.doorway.ru: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. This is the landscape that Kimi Eisele creates in her surprising and original debut novel. Evoking the spirit of such monumental love stories as Cold Mountain and the creative vision of novels like Station Eleven, The Lightest Object in the Universe tells the story of what happens after the global economy collapses and the electrical grid goes down.
The Lightest Object in the Universe: A Novel. Author: Kimi Eisele. Genre: Fiction. Tag: Dystopia. Publisher: Algonquin Books. Publication Year: ASIN: ISBN: I admit to a weakness for dystopian novels--particularly ones that seem plausible today and are told on a small, personal scale (like The Age of Miracles or. " Kimi Eisele's debut novel, The Lightest Object in the Universe, is a love story set against the background of societal apocalypse—which means it is a narrative of hope in the face of despair. Eisele, an author and artist living in Tucson, Arizona, is compelled more by how extreme circumstances bring us together than by how they pry us. THE LIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE. by Kimi Eisele ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 9, A post-apocalypse novel takes an unusually optimistic tack, braiding a love story with the efforts of survivors to create new ways to live. Eisele's debut is set in a near future where a global economic meltdown has led to the collapse of governments and power.
The Lightest Object in the Universe is an intriguing and engrossing debut novel that will leave readers thinking about their own ability to survive, their own capacity for love, and their willingness to face catastrophe with hope.”. —New York Journal of Books. “In The Lightest Object in the Universe, author Kimi Eisele explores how humanity would have to evolve, relying on hope and love to ultimately sustain humankind.” —The Associated Press “A worthy addition to the realm of speculative fiction More than just standard techno-challenged-humanity-rendered-atavistic fare, this is a love story. “The Lightest Object in the Universe is a hopeful, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel set in a world where half the population has been killed by a widespread flu and electricity and running water are a thing of the past. Mini societies and gangs have formed in this new America, and in the center of the country, the leader of a large, mysterious cult takes to the radio to call his followers to join him.
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