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Event Horizon

Balsam Karam

Saskia Vogel

  • Translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel.
  • A feminist, dystopian sci-fi novel, Event Horizon is the debut work of Balsam Karam, author of The Singularity.
  • Written in Karam's distinctive style, the book is an original exploration of marginalization, displacement, community and resistance. 
  • Comps: The Singularity by Balsam Karam, tr. Saskia Vogel; Cygnet by Season Butler; Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : APR 23, 2026
  • Imprint : Fitzcarraldo Editions
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  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781804272305
  • Price : INR 1,499
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Balsam Karam

Balsam Karam (b. 1983) is of Kurdish ancestry and has lived in Sweden since she was a young child. She is an author, librarian and university lecturer, and made her literary debut in 2018 with the critically acclaimed Event Horizon, which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. Her second novel, The Singularity, was shortlisted for the August Prize and was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2024. 

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Saskia Vogel

Saskia Vogel is from Los Angeles and lives in Berlin where she works as a writer and Swedish-to-English literary translator. She has written on power and sexuality for publications such as Paris Review Daily The White Review Sight and Sound and The Offing. Previously she worked as Granta magazine's publicist and as an editor at the
AVN Media Network where she reported on pornography and adult pleasure products.

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