'Takes us to the stars and back while questioning whether our fate lies within ourselves . . . a joyfully intellectual book; the whole narrative could be read as a dream, as a clever paradigm in ways that resonate with David Mitchell....

'How unlikely! Yet here we are...' Set in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches into space to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsored by a proud nation....

'Ambitious, exciting . . . touches of Don DeLillo' Daily Telegraph'A Kurt Vonnegut-like satirical touch' New York Times'Inventive and heartfelt . . . packs a walloping punch' EsquireAn audacious novel set in near-future America, from the...

Jakub Procházka, erster Raumfahrer der tschechischen Geschichte, träumt davon, seinem Land Ruhm und Ehre zu bringen. Doch nach dreizehn einsamen Wochen im All beginnen Jakubs Sinne verrückt zu spielen. Als dann auch noch seine Frau mit...