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Meg, trapped in a stagnant relationship and unable to finish her book, grapples with Kelsey Newman's unsettling theory that time could end, potentially granting humanity eternal life. Amidst personal turmoil, she navigates cryptic links between a Dartmoor beast, a ship in a bottle, the science of time, a unique knitting pattern, and the Cottingley Fairies. Our Tragic Universe explores how relationships are formed and dissolved, and how storytelling itself may alter the course of one's life.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Scarlett Thomas
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