Katabasis – Kuang Rebecca – b.i. – 2026
Katabasis
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From the bestselling author of "Babel" and "Yellowface," Rebecca F. Kuang—a bold fantasy about how the real hell isn't a fiery pit of hell, but a university campus.
Cambridge, 1980s. Graduate student Alice Lowe is willing to do anything for her career, even endure humiliation from the brilliant and ruthless Professor Grimes. But when he tragically dies in an accident, possibly caused by her own fault, her future is derailed. There's only one way out: follow the professor's soul straight to hell. There's just one problem: her archrival and secret love, Peter Murdoch, decides to follow.
Now they must navigate eight circles of bureaucratic hell, where sinners are condemned to write dissertations forever, libraries teem with those who "just wanted to clarify," and salvation lies only in passing a test with the devil himself.
R. F. Kuang, who herself experienced every aspect of graduate school life, has written a witty and dark satire of academia. It's a story about a toxic love of knowledge, a painful attachment to mentors, and the choice between career and love. A Trip to Hell promises to be the most unexpected love story of 2025.
Cambridge, 1980s. Graduate student Alice Lowe is willing to do anything for her career, even endure humiliation from the brilliant and ruthless Professor Grimes. But when he tragically dies in an accident, possibly caused by her own fault, her future is derailed. There's only one way out: follow the professor's soul straight to hell. There's just one problem: her archrival and secret love, Peter Murdoch, decides to follow.
Now they must navigate eight circles of bureaucratic hell, where sinners are condemned to write dissertations forever, libraries teem with those who "just wanted to clarify," and salvation lies only in passing a test with the devil himself.
R. F. Kuang, who herself experienced every aspect of graduate school life, has written a witty and dark satire of academia. It's a story about a toxic love of knowledge, a painful attachment to mentors, and the choice between career and love. A Trip to Hell promises to be the most unexpected love story of 2025.
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