{"product_id":"event-horizon-9781558613546","title":"Event Horizon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity, \u003c\/i\u003ea saga of one girl's resistance and exile in the stars and soil of empire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Milde is from the Outskirts, a place beyond the mountains where the dirt is corpse-rich and mothers and daughters make their living banished from society--without rights, access to care, or legal status. Simmering under the surface of their day-to-day survival is a desire for change--and one day, Milde and her friends act on it, setting fire to government buildings in the city that has rejected them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Milde is framed as the instigator of the uprising, she is arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and eventually presented with a final choice: to be executed publicly or to be launched into space, into a black hole called the Mass, for an experiment. Milde chooses the Mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite existential novel, dark as deep space, woven with reflection on oppression, solidarity, trauma, and loss. With a completely unique voice, Balsam Karam writes about the swirl of hope and despair in the lives of the marginalized and a young woman's unwavering belief in a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Balsam Karam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558613546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBalsam Karam \u003c\/strong\u003e(b. 1983) is of Kurdish ancestry and has lived in Sweden since she was a young child. She is an author, librarian, and university lecturer, and made her literary debut in 2018 with the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eEvent Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. Her second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Singularity\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in Sweden in 2021 and was shortlisted for the August Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaskia Vogel \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003ePermission \u003c\/em\u003eand the translator of over twenty Swedish-language books. She was awarded the Berlin Senate Endowment for Non-German Literature and was a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize. From Los Angeles, she now lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Balsam Karam \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47809078526109,"sku":"9781558613546","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d6f438f1-5658-4594-9526-78c3b58d2927.jpg?v=1775555955","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/event-horizon-9781558613546","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}