Orbital: ‘Awe-inspiring’ Max Porter

by Samantha Harvey

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'Stunning... An uplifting book'
SUNDAY TIMES

Life on our planet as you’ve never seen it before: in this spellbinding and uplifting novel six astronauts rotate in the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they begin to wonder: what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?

Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents, and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.

Yet although...

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  • ISBN10 1787334341
  • ISBN13 9781787334342
  • Publish Date 2 November 2023
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 1 August 2024
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 144
  • Language English