NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others
Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along …
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others
Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory.
Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.
In “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate,” a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.
hardcover, 368 pages
English language
Published May 7, 2019 by Knopf.
Paperback, 329 pages
Published Dec. 1, 2019 by Yilin Press.
Hardcover, 381 pages
Czech language
Published Feb. 4, 2021 by Host.
Paperback, 338 pages
Italian language
Published Aug. 31, 2021 by Sperlink & Kupfer.
Paperback, 296 pages
Turkish language
Published by MonoKL Yayınları, Monokl Yayınları.
paperback, 368 pages
Published June 30, 2020 by Vintage.
Hardcover
Swedish language
Published 2021 by Fri tanke www.fritanke.se.
English language
Published 2024 by Pan Macmillan.
Swedish language
Published 2021 by Fri tanke www.fritanke.se.
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