{"product_id":"sofia-and-the-utopia-machine-paperback","title":"Sofia And The Utopia Machine (Paperback)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700;\"\u003eShortlisted for 2019 Singapore Books Awards Best Middle Grade\/Young Adult Title\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700;\"\u003eFinalist for the 2017 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 700;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSofia is an ordinary schoolgirl living in a future Singapore where the population is divided into three social strata. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhen she inadvertently unlocks the gateway to a new world, she realises she must escape the government’s radar. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eShe ventures into the lowest rung of society, the Voids, and meets with the eccentric Uncle Kirk and the resourceful Father Lang. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhile on the run, she learns why her father disappeared seven years ago and why the new world exists in the first place.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eProbing and thrilling, this novel explores worlds within worlds and reinvents the creation myth.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eJudith Huang\u003c\/span\u003e is a three-time winner of the UK Poetry Society’s Foyle Young Poet of the Year award, and has been published in Prairie Schooner, Asia Literary Review, QLRS, LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, Stylus and Asymptote.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e She holds an AB from Harvard University, and her first poetry collection is forthcoming from Ethos Books in 2018. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSofia and the Utopia Machine is her first novel.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"APD (S) PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45010586829007,"sku":"9789814785808","price":22.78,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_c1a2c503-3954-4a43-8d62-7b1375129df6.jpg?v=1777454186","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/sofia-and-the-utopia-machine-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}