{"product_id":"the-practice-the-horizon-and-the-chain-9781250881809","title":"The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I am in love with Sofia Samatar's lyricism and the haunting beauty of her imagination. Her stories linger, like the memory of a sumptuous feast.\"--N. K. Jemisin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhausted dreamer in this brilliant science fiction novella tackling the carceral state and violence embedded in the ivory tower while embodying the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes--literally--when he is yanked \"upstairs\" and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship's university alongside the elite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOverwhelmed and alone, the boy forms a bond with the woman he comes to know as \"the professor,\" a weary idealist and descendent of the Chained who has spent her career striving for validation from her more senior colleagues, only to fall short at every turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, the boy and the woman will embark on a transformative journey to grasp the design of the chains that fetter them both--and are the key to breaking free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tordotcom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250881809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sofia Samatar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643998273717,"sku":"9781250881809","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1fb32a15-0912-4a9d-b91d-9795160f482f.jpg?v=1708445680","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-practice-the-horizon-and-the-chain-9781250881809","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}