The Box: A Novel

* LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE *

A stylistically dazzling novel about objects, people, and the forces and seams between them.

Of course, each thing has its own sides to every story.

In a dark and crooked lane in an unnamed city where it never ceases to snow, a small white box falls from a coat pocket. It is made of paper strips woven tightly together; there is no apparent way to open it without destroying it. What compels a passing witness, a self-described anthroph...