The search for recognition blinds him to the burgeoning distance between him and his wife, Sarala, who devotes herself to their daughter Meena and assimilating into suburban America. When the proposal to build the Superconducting Super Collider under the town sparks debate between the scientists and the locals, two families find themselves on opposite sides of controversy that fractures the community, exposing deep cultural rifts between longtime friends.Ībhijat, a scientist from India now working at the National Accelerator Research Laboratory, has a sole obsession: making a name for himself as one of history's great theoretical physicists. "Rural Nicolet, Illinois, is a city anchored between two opposing forces, a living history museum devoted to the American frontier and a laboratory for experiments in high-energy particle physics. Thankfully, my editor and publicity team are better at this than I am. I hope you'll keep reading on the off chance that's the sort of thing you've been hoping someone would write a book about. "Charmed Particles is about high-energy particle physics, gentlemen explorers, gifted and talented teenage girls, Mary Kay ladies, and one South Asian woman's assimilation to 1980s suburban Chicago, with a special focus on her fascination with American novelty convenience foods." So, when I tried to come up with an elevator pitch for it, here's how it came out: As the kind and thoughtful people who've asked me "Hey, what's your book about?" and have then watched me break out in a cold sweat and a stammering response can attest, this book is weird and difficult to explain concisely. In her own words, here is Chrissy Kolaya's Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel Charmed Particles:Īs a writer, you're told to come up with an elevator pitch for your book-a concise, punchy way you'd describe it to a publisher should you find yourself in a confined space with such a highly sought-after captive audience and a spare 30 seconds on your hands. Stream a playlist of these songs at Spotify. "Writing with bright tenderness, piquant humor, and supple wisdom, Kolaya emulates, ever so subtly, the fleet dynamics of particle physics as she orchestrates a mesmerizing plot of revelation and adaptation." Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Jesmyn Ward, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others.Ĭhrissy Kolaya's novel Charmed Particles is a brilliant debut peopled with skillfully drawn and unforgettable characters. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, T.C. In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
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