An Ocean of Minutes
eBook - ePub

An Ocean of Minutes

A Novel

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An Ocean of Minutes

A Novel

About this book

A shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the ALA 2019 Reading List for Science Fiction

“Thea Lim’s An Ocean of Minutes is that rare thing—a speculative novel that is as heartfelt as it is philosophical. In lucid prose, Lim lays bare the complexities of migration and displacement, while offering a clear-eyed meditation on the elusive nature of human devotion.” —Esi Edugyan, Man Booker Prize Finalist and author of Washington Black

“Lim paints a strange and unfamiliar world with her novel, full of fascinating social commentary on class differences, racism, and sexism.” —The Los Angeles Times

In September 1981, Polly and Frank arrive at the time travel terminal at Houston Intercontinental Airport. One will travel, and one will stay.

America is in the grip of a deadly flu pandemic. Frank has caught the virus and Polly will do whatever it takes to save him, even if it means risking everything. So she agrees to a radical plan—time travel has been invented in the future to thwart the virus. If she signs up for a one-way-trip into the future to work as a bonded laborer, the company will pay for the life-saving treatment Frank needs. Polly promises to meet Frank again in Galveston, Texas, where she will arrive in twelve years.

But when Polly is re-routed an extra five years into the future, Frank is nowhere to be found. Alone in a changed and divided America, with no status and no money, Polly must navigate a new life and find a way to locate Frank, to discover if he is alive, and if their love has endured. “Lim’s enthralling novel succeeds on every level: as a love story, an imaginative thriller, and a dystopian narrative” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

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Information

Publisher
Gallery Books
Year
2018
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781501192579
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Chapter 1: September 1981
  5. Chapter 2: September 1978
  6. Chapter 3
  7. Chapter 4
  8. Chapter 5: February 1979
  9. Chapter 6
  10. Chapter 7: May 1979
  11. Chapter 8
  12. Chapter 9
  13. Chapter 10: 1979
  14. Chapter 1!
  15. Chapter 12: August 1979
  16. Chapter 13
  17. Chapter 14
  18. Chapter 15: April 1980
  19. Chapter 16
  20. Chapter 17: December 1980
  21. Chapter 18
  22. Chapter 19
  23. Chapter 20
  24. Chapter 21: December 1999
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Reading Group Guide
  27. Permissions
  28. About the Author
  29. Copyright

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