Spaceman of Bohemia
Trade Paperback
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM
SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM STARRING ADAM SANDLER AND CAREY MULLIGAN
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION 'An incredible experience . . . unforgettable' Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies 'Dizzyingly inventive'TLS'An excellent debut'The Times'Booming with vitality and originality'New York TimesSet in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches into space to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsored by a proud nation. Suddenly a world celebrity, Jakub's marriage starts to fail as the weeks go by, and his sanity comes into question. After his mission is derailed he must make a violent decision that will force him to come to terms with his family's dark political past.An extraordinary vision of the endless human capacity to persist-and risk everything-in the name of love and home, by a startlingly talented young debut novelist.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781473639997
- Author: Jaroslav Kalfar
- Pub date: 13.02.18
- RRP: $27.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Jaroslav Kalfar
Jaroslav Kalfar was born in the Czech Republic and immigrated to the United States at the age of fifteen. He earned his MFA at NYU, where he was a Goldwater Fellow and a finalist for the E. L. Doctorow Fellowship. In 2018, he was selected for the National Endowment for the Arts Writing Fellowship. Spaceman of Bohemia, his critically acclaimed debut novel, was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and has been translated into fifteen languages. Spaceman, an adaptation of the novel, is forthcoming soon as a major motion picture. Kalfar lives in Brooklyn.
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