{"product_id":"the-wanderers-9780399574641","title":"The Wanderers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A transcendent, cross-cultural, and cross planetary journey into the mysteries of space and self....Howrey's expansive vision left me awestruck.\"--Ruth Ozeki \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Howrey's exquisite novel demonstrates that the final frontier may not be space after all.\"--J. Ryan Stradal \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In four years, aerospace giant Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshihiro Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov must prove they're the crew for the historic voyage by spending seventeen months in the most realistic simulation ever created. Constantly observed by Prime Space's team of Obbers, Helen, Yoshi, and Sergei must appear ever in control. But as their surreal pantomime progresses, each soon realizes that the complications of inner space are no less fraught than those of outer space. The borders between what is real and unreal begin to blur, and each astronaut is forced to confront demons past and present, even as they struggle to navigate their increasingly claustrophobic quarters--and each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Astonishingly imaginative, tenderly comedic, and unerringly wise, \u003ci\u003eThe Wanderers\u003c\/i\u003e explores the differences between those who go and those who stay, telling a story about the desire behind all exploration: the longing for discovery and the great search to understand the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399574641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Meg Howrey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42881791361205,"sku":"9780399574641","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1a8b3b58-fbe3-48c4-b002-c2495ae09e46.jpg?v=1685417487","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wanderers-9780399574641","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}