This Great Hemisphere

A Novel

De: Mateo Askaripour

Narrado por: Emana Rachelle

Duración: 15 h y 18 m

Resumen del Editor

"This Great Hemisphere is an inventive and immersive epic that follows its brave invisible protagonist as she navigates a futuristic new world that often mirrors our own. A thrilling page-turner."—Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Black Buck: A speculative novel about a young woman—invisible by birth and relegated to second-class citizenship—who sets off on a mission to find her older brother, whom she had presumed dead but who is now the primary suspect in a high-profile political murder.

Despite the odds, Sweetmint, a young invisible woman, has done everything right her entire life—school, university, and now a highly sought-after apprenticeship with the Northwestern Hemisphere’s premier inventor, a non-invisible man belonging to the Dominant Population who is as eccentric as he is enigmatic. But the world she has fought so hard to build after the disappearance of her older brother comes crashing down when authorities claim that not only is he well and alive, he’s also the main suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive of the Northwestern Hemisphere.

A manhunt ensues, and Sweetmint, armed with courage, intellect, and unwavering love for her brother, sets off on a mission to find him before it’s too late. With five days until the hemisphere’s big election, Sweetmint must dodge a relentless law officer who’s determined to maintain order and an ambitious politician with sights set on becoming the next Chief Executive by any means necessary.

With the captivating worldbuilding of N. K. Jemisin’s novels and blazing defiance of Naomi Alderman’s work, This Great Hemisphere is a novel that brilliantly illustrates the degree to which reality can be shaped by non-truths and vicious manipulations, while shining a light on our ability to surprise ourselves when we stop giving in to the narratives others have written for us.

©2024 Mateo Askaripour (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by People, Elle, Betches, Book Riot, CrimeReads and She Reads

“With remarkable world-building, Askaripour takes readers on a vast and winding adventure through a future split by hemispheres, visibility, and power.”
—Elle, "The Best New Books to Read in Summer 2024"

“Part political thriller and part sci-fi, This Great Hemisphere similarly explores the allure of power and the lengths people go to gain and retain it, but it’s also a story about rebellion, resilience and the strength to shape your own future.”
—BookPage

"The page-turning prose and standout characters will appeal to a wide range of readers. Part sf adventure, part mystery, part social satire, this is a vividly imagined and captivating story."
—Booklist *starred review*

Solid Sophomore Novel

Mateo Askaripour follows up his 2020 New York Times best selling novel, Black Buck, with a new book that is sure to be a hit. This Great Hemisphere still has Mateo’s voice in the writing, but in terms of genre, it’s a futuristic journey that I was hooked on. The world-building in this novel is extremely well thought out, to the point that I feel it would make for a good TV series. As for the audiobook, the narrator does an excellent job immersing me into the prose. I would recommend listening to it on 1.2x speed, however, but I’m also admittedly an impatient New Yorker so that’s probably just me.

Kind of long but a good story

It was a pretty good story, it started slow but the ending was good and a different twist