How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster Paperback by Muriel Leung

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2024-10-22)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781324076186
• Item Weight: 283.5 grams
• Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.7 x 0.7 cm

Winner of the 2025 Lammy Award for Bisexual Ficition

A dark and tender debut set against a writhing backdrop of postapocalyptic New York City.

Acid rainstorms have transformed New York City into a toxic wasteland, cutting its remaining citizens off from one another. In one apartment building, an unlikely family of humans and ghosts survives. Mira reels from a devastating breakup with her partner, Mal, whose whereabouts are unknown, while her mother is plagued by furious dreams and her grandfather, Grandpa Why, stakes his claims as a rambunctious ghost. Across the hall, the cockroach Shin, also a ghost. As the world around them worsens, each character must learn to redefine what it means to live, die, and love at the end of the world.

About the Author

Muriel Leung is the prize-winning author of three poetry collections and teaches critical studies and creative writing at the California Institute of the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles, California.