Orbital

Livre broché, 200 pages

Langue : Español

Publié janvier 2025 par Anagrama.

ISBN :
978-84-339-2969-3
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Vive momentos épicos y reflexiones profundas a través de las palabras e imágenes que expanden nuestra percepción de la humanidad.

Un himno maravilloso a lo ordinario y lo espectacular narrado a cuatrocientos quilómetros de la tierra.Premio Booker 2024. Un grupo de seis astronautas lleva a cabo una misión rutinaria en la Estación Espacial Internacional, en la órbita terrestre baja. La de Pietro, italiano, es monitorizar los microbios presentes en la nave. Chie, la tripulante japonesa, cultiva cristales de proteínas y, al igual que sus compañeros, es objeto de estudio del impacto de la microgravedad en el funcionamiento neuronal. Shaun, el americano del grupo, observa qué les ocurre a las raíces de las plantas ante la falta de luz y gravedad para saber cuándo y cómo poder cultivarlas. Nell, del Reino Unido, recoge los datos que le proporcionan sus cuarenta ratones acerca del desgaste muscular en el espacio. Roman y …

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a publié une critique de Orbital par Samantha Harvey

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space”

A single day aboard the space station is 16 orbits of the Earth. A lovely book that takes a different approach to being in space: humanist, tenderness for all we are. Rare in the softness it treats the cold darkness of space, mainly stemming from its point of view above the Earth. Inhabiting a place of extreme contradictions, Harvey draws a circle around our hearts.

a publié une critique de Orbital par Samantha Harvey

Read for the prose, not the plot

Because there isn't one.

But if you enjoy relaxing with poetical language, thinking about our planet and the power and beauty of it, you'll enjoy.

Orbital - 5 Stars

This little book pretty much blew me away, with its poetic and beautifully-written ruminations on life, space, and the Earth, featuring six astronauts/cosmonauts on the space station. There were many sections that changed or expanded my perspective on things. It definitely called to mind the Pale Blue Dot. It's not flawless - for example, there were a few times when it felt perhaps a bit too sentimental, and I'm not sure why it referred to "mankind" rather than "humankind" through most of the novel (also, an early description of the Japanese astronaut as being "not-quite definable" veered a little too close to the "inscrutable" trope, I thought). Overall, though, it was extremely well done.

a publié une critique de Orbital par Samantha Harvey

16 orbits of home

A day in the life of six fictional astronauts aboard the International Space Station. There is no real action here, instead the author explores the observations, thoughts, fears, hopes and emotions of the six as they orbit earth 16 times in 24 hours. The prose is often lush and beautiful which plays particularly well in the sections describing our home below.