Exhalation

By Ted Chiang

Book Overview

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

Tackling some of humanity's oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory.

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101972084
• ISBN13: 9781101972083
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Sci-fi concepts you could never have imagined

terrifically written with detail and intelligence. every story introduces the reader to a new existential, scientific and/or moral concept like nothing I’ve ever read before. I laughed. I cried. I loved.

Like poetry

I had no idea this was a series of small stories, but I loved it. Each story is beautiful and stands alone in their own unique way, and they were all very moving in their own ways. I very much enjoyed this book.