Digging Stars, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Digging Stars, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
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Digging Stars

Author: Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

Narrator: Nene Nwoko

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/21/2023


Synopsis

With admission to The Program, an elite interdisciplinary graduate cohort at the forefront of astronomy and technology, Rosa's dreams are finally within reach. Her research into the cosmos follows in the footsteps of her astronomer father's revolutionary work in Bantu geometries and Indigenous astronomies. A bona fide genius, he transformed the scientific landscape by fusing the best of Western and Indigenous scientific thought. Yet since his death during her childhood, Rosa has been plagued by anxiety attacks she dubs "The Terrors"—and by unresolved questions about her father's life. Who is his mysterious friend Mr. C? Who was her father, really?

Ambitious, hungry for success, and determined to soar, Rosa joins the ranks of America's smartest. Her cohort of talented Fellows includes Shaniqua, her roommate, who is analyzing melanin molecules and their capacity to conduct electricity; Richard, an expert in quantum mechanics; Mausi, studying Indigenous American scientific thought; and Péralte, Rosa's estranged stepbrother whose obsessive videogaming has inspired him to become a programmer. Her classmates challenge Rosa's understanding of identity, personhood, the ethics of technology, and, most painfully, her adulation of her father, whose legacy is more complicated than it appears.

About Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma is the author of the award-winning novel House of Stone and a professor of fiction at Emerson College. A native of Zimbabwe, she lives in Boston, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Caitie on July 27, 2023

The narrative of this book is unique. There's not a standard plot, and it instead resembles real life, which I enjoyed. I think my biggest critique of this book is that I wanted more detailed. At the end, I had so many more questions about The Program, Thomas Long, the details of everyone's projects......more

Goodreads review by Eren on July 21, 2023

I felt like I was reading a memoir, the characters were so very real. The writing was beautiful and hooked me immediately. This story is going to stay with me a long time.......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on July 06, 2023

"Digging Stars" checks off everything I want in a work of fiction! Compelling characters! A story that holds my interest from page one! Intellectual elements including lots of science and history! Drama! Love! The author, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma deftly weaves words into an intricate narrative that instan......more

Goodreads review by Geonn on November 11, 2023

A beautiful story about growing up, being an immigrant, and loving the stars told in a way that feels more like a memoir than a novel (which is a compliment, not a slight). The characters all felt very real and their feelings/experiences felt more authentic due to the story being told this way. I wi......more