Digging stars : a novel / Novuyo Rosa Tshuma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tshuma, Novuyo Rosa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomers--Fiction.

Astronomers.

Women physicists--Fiction.

Women physicists.

Zimbabweans--United States--Fiction.

Zimbabweans.

Cosmology--Fiction.

Cosmology.

Friendship--Fiction.

Friendship.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.

Identity (Psychology).

Racism--United States--Fiction.

Racism.

Nationalism--Fiction.

Nationalism.

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects--Fiction.

Technology.

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Psychological fiction.

Satirical literature.

Physical Description:

274 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023]

Summary:

"Blending drama and satire while examining the complexities of colonialism, racism, and what it means to be American, Digging Stars probes the emotional universes of love, friendship, family, and nationhood."-- Provided by publisher.

With admission to The Program, an elite interdisciplinary graduate cohort at the forefront of astronomy and technology, Rosa's dreams are finally within reach. Her research into the cosmos follows in the footsteps of her astronomer father's revolutionary work in Bantu geometries and Indigenous astronomies. A bona fide genius, he transformed the scientific landscape by fusing the best of Western and Indigenous scientific thought. Yet since his death during her childhood, Rosa has been plagued by anxiety attacks she dubs "The Terrors"--and by unresolved questions about her father's life. Who is his mysterious friend Mr. C? Who was her father, really? Ambitious, hungry for success, and determined to soar, Rosa joins the ranks of America's smartest. Her cohort of talented Fellows includes Shaniqua, her roommate, who is analyzing melanin molecules and their capacity to conduct electricity; Richard, an expert in quantum mechanics; Mausi, studying Indigenous American scientific thought; and Péralte, Rosa's estranged stepbrother whose obsessive videogaming has inspired him to become a programmer. Her classmates challenge Rosa's understanding of identity, personhood, the ethics of technology, and, most painfully, her adulation of her father, whose legacy is more complicated than it appears.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

132403517X

9781324035176

OCLC:

1362866350