The Circumference of the World

English language

Published Jan. 26, 2023 by Tachyon Publications.

ISBN:
978-1-61696-363-7
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Caught between realities, a mathematician, a book dealer, and a mobster desperately seek a notorious book that disappears upon being read. Only the author, a rakish sci-fi writer, knows whether his popular novel, which has spawned an obsessive following, is truthful or a hoax. In a story that is cosmic, inventive, and sly, multi-award-winning author Lavie Tidhar (Central Station) travels from the emergence of life to the very ends of the universe.

“ Tidhar’s slippery metafictional tale lyrically entangles scientific fact, mysticism, and mental illness. This is a knockout.” —Publishers Weekly

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In The Circumference of the World, Tidhar is in his element. Writing about pulp era science fiction, blurring the lines between hallucination and reality.

But the most important strength of the novel is the interesting science-fictional cosmology at its center. Imagining a role for load-stars (black holes), the eaters of all matter, the observers of all light.

Multiple narrators, including Stefan Rudnicki, give the audiobook additional qualities.

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