British author Samantha Harvey has been awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, a profound exploration of humanity set aboard the International Space Station. This marks the first time a space-based novel has won the prestigious prize.
Orbital, at just 136 pages, is among the shortest books to earn the honor. It captures the introspections and emotional connections of six astronauts as they reflect on Earth’s fragility and humanity’s interconnectedness. The novel has been lauded for its poetic prose and philosophical depth, with the judges calling it “a book we need now and may need forever.”
Subscribe To Unlimited Premium Digest.
This is premium content. Subscribe or Login to read the entire article.
Login if you have purchased
Subscribe
Gain access to all our Premium contents.More than 1,000+ Articles, News, & Scholarships.
EduTimes Africa, a product of Education Times Africa, is a magazine publication that aims to lend its support to close the yawning gap in Africa's educational development.
