Sometimes you just finish a book that leaves you in awe. I'd be very surprised if this isn't one of my favorite books of the year. Yes, I've been a bit obsessed with all things space travel lately. #books #BookerPrize #space #spaceexploration #magic
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And yes, it won a Booker and it's totally deserved. (Also, I do find that I adore the winners of the Booker Award as a rule, so I shouldn't be surprised, yet I am).
It's about six astronauts in the International Space Station over the course of a day or 16 orbits around the Earth. It's a meditation on what it means to be human, an Earthling, an astronaut, an adventurer.
It's a love song to our planet. Admittedly, it's not plot driven, more of a character study, but it's so good. I don't know how else to convey the sheer magic of this book to you all. You should read it and see the magic contained within its words for yourselves.
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