Exhalation: Stories -- Ted Chiang, Hardcover

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

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.

Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work, Exhalation is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic--revelatory.

Author: Ted Chiang
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 05/07/2019
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781101947883

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 68
Publishers Weekly 12/17/2018
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 pg. 53
Booklist 04/01/2019 pg. 29

About the Author
Ted Chiang's fiction has won four Hugo, four Nebula, and four Locus awards, and has been featured in The Best American Short Stories. His debut collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, has been translated into twenty-one languages. He was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and currently lives near Seattle, Washington.