Range
Will be published approx. on 10. September 2026
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-80568-018-5 (ISBN)
Description
Gunn Haven, professor of astrophysics, has taken a leave from the institute where she teaches and moved back to the rural area of her upbringing. She's there for the clear night sky and for solitude, as she tracks gamma-ray bursts and unravels the origins of the universe.
But while Gunn studies celestial bodies, she must also contend with earthly ones. There are her nearest neighbours: Brit, who knows everyone's business, and Jenny, Brit's inquisitive teenage daughter. There is her young protege: a not-quite son whom Gunn has sent away to find his own path yet longs to hold close. There are remote colleagues and dead loved ones, often in her thoughts. And then there is the menacing Gable Woman, a local adversary, furious after catching Gunn on her private property and determined to teach her a lesson.
Reaching from the everyday to the infinite, from seasons, stars, memories, and the sensory details of rural life, Range is a gripping exploration of the distances we cross through time and human connection.
But while Gunn studies celestial bodies, she must also contend with earthly ones. There are her nearest neighbours: Brit, who knows everyone's business, and Jenny, Brit's inquisitive teenage daughter. There is her young protege: a not-quite son whom Gunn has sent away to find his own path yet longs to hold close. There are remote colleagues and dead loved ones, often in her thoughts. And then there is the menacing Gable Woman, a local adversary, furious after catching Gunn on her private property and determined to teach her a lesson.
Reaching from the everyday to the infinite, from seasons, stars, memories, and the sensory details of rural life, Range is a gripping exploration of the distances we cross through time and human connection.
Reviews / Votes
Nors' writing creeps up on you, and then overwhelms with its emotional power. She is a master -- Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick Reading Nors's work, one is reminded of the thrills and dangers of living -- Yiyun Li, author of Things in Nature Merely Grow A singular prose stylist. . . she is such a great companion, honest and curious and surprising -- Max Porter, author of Shy It's a joy to be in the hands of a writer as funny and playful with form as Dorthe Nors -- Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies A writer of moments - quiet, raw portraits of existential meditation, at times dyspeptic, but never unsympathetic * Paris Review * Nors can't help but handle words in interesting ways and put them to original uses. . . If her subject is unwavering, her style remains restless, less out of a desire to be "experimental" than out of playfulness and a genuine yearning, one feels, for contact and connection * New York Times * Nors has found her own space away from Copenhagen's literati. . . Her words whip along, each idea cascading into the next: it's like having a window into someone's thoughts * Independent * After an astrophysics professor craving solitude moves to a sparsely populated rural area, she finds it's harder to get away from other people than she thought * New York Times, The Novels Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer * As 'the stars stand still' and 'the planets wander,' a secluded astrophysicist accepts the solace of found family in the affecting novel Range * Foreword Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80568-018-5 (9781805680185)
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