Tasmania

“[In] this searching novel…Giordano explores the challenge of finding safety in a world where disasters—from bombings to rising sea levels—proliferate.” —The New Yorker

“A resonant story of a writer worn down by the climate crisis and rising authoritarianism…With incisive prose, Giordano brings order to the messy tangle of Paolo’s emotional turbulence and political convictions. This soars.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Brilliantly unsettling…In one magnificently conceived sequence after another, Giordano charts Paolo’s intellectual and personal journey…Giordano’s propulsive prose and intellectual rigor make this novel a thrilling experience.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review)

“An absorbing novel that builds steadily, not to a shattering or violent conclusion…but to a quiet release that is humane and persuasive.” —Arts Fuse

“A compulsively readable novel, Tasmania evokes the probing, introspective spirit of W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn and Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. Giordano has written an urgent and moving book that looks with unflinching honesty at the crises of our troubled moment, as well as the fragile spaces of hope and connection in the midst of the storm.” —Scott Guild, author of Plastic

Praise for The Solitude of Prime Numbers:

“Mesmerizing…An exquisite rendering of what one might call feelings at the subatomic level.” —New York Times

“Giordano’s passionate evocation of being young and in despair will resonate strongly with readers.” —USA Today

“Elegant and fiercely intelligent…[a] singular love story.” —Elle