Overview
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Sam and Sadie--two college friends, often in love, but never lovers--become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. "Delightful and absorbing." -- The New York Times * "Utterly brilliant." --John Green One of the New York Times 's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century * A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century * A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 Years * One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, Oprah Daily From the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry : On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.
Professional Reviews
"A tour de force... A moving demonstration of the blended power of fiction and gaming....Zevin describes herself as ''a lifelong gamer.'' That level of experience could very well have produced a story of hermetically sealed nostalgia impenetrable to anyone who doesn''t still own a copy of ''Space Invaders.'' But instead, she''s written a novel that draws any curious reader into the pioneering days of a vast entertainment industry too often scorned by bookworms. And with the depth and sensitivity of a fine fiction writer, she argues for the abiding appeal of the flickering screen."
-- Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"Utterly brilliant. In this sweeping, gorgeously written novel, Gabrielle Zevin charts the beauty, tenacity, and fragility of human love and creativity. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is one of the best books I''ve ever read."
-- John Green, author of The Anthropocene Reviewed
"My #1 book to recommend... Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ... [is] incredible, like The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon meets The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer. It''s about love and friendship and video games."
-- Emma Straub, Cup of Jo
"Is there such a thing as the Great American Gamer Novel? Because if not, I believe Gabrielle Zevin just invented it. She has crafted a brilliant story about life''s most challenging puzzles: friendship, family, love, loss. By turns funny, poignant, wistful, and occasionally devastating, this book absolutely pwned me--in the very best way."
-- Nathan Hill, author of The Nix
" Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a beautifully wrought saga of human connection and the creative process, of love and all of its complicated levels. A gem of a novel, intimate yet sweeping, modern yet timeless. Bits of this book lingered in my head the way ghosts of Tetris pieces continue to fall in your mind''s eye after playing."
-- Erin Morgenstern, author o f The Starless Sea
"Gabrielle Zevin has written an exquisite love letter to life with all its rose gardens and minefields. With wisdom and vulnerability, she explores the very nature of human connection. This novel, and its unforgettable characters, know no boundaries. To read this book is to laugh, to mourn, to learn, and to grow."
-- Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
" Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is the sort of book that comes around once in a decade--a magnificent feat of storytelling. It is a book about the intersection between love and friendship, work and vocation, and the impossible and relentless pull of our own west-bound destinies. Gabrielle Zevin is one of our greatest living novelists, and Tomorrow just may be her magnum opus. Remarkable."
-- Rebecca Serle, author of In Five Years
"A polished, thoughtful novel about loyalty and love that, like the best video games, grows more absorbing the further you venture into it."
-- Connie Ogle, The Star Tribune
"Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before. Taking place over 30 years, this dazzling and intricately imagined novel by Gabrielle Zevin examines the nature of identity, disability, failure, and above all, our need to connect. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is one of our most anticipated books of the summer and we can''t wait for you to read it."
-- B&N Reads
"[A] brilliant tale of identity, human connection, and yes, love in all of its myriad of forms."
-- Sabienna Bowman, PopSugar
"[This] novel explores themes of identity, disability, play and love in an unforgettable and richly imaginative way."
-- She Reads
"If you''re into video games, this extraordinary coming-of-age/love story/social novel has your name on it. The story follows terrific characters from youth into their adult lives as founders of a successful gaming company. Even if you couldn''t care less about video games, Zevin''s signature narrative charms will still keep you riveted."
-- Marion Winik, Newsday
"Zevin... returns with an exhilarating epic of friendship, grief, and computer game development.... Zevin layers the narrative with her characters'' wrenching emotional wounds as their relationships wax and wane... Even more impressive are the visionary and transgressive games... This is a one-of-a-kind achievement."
-- Publishers Weekly, starred
"Riveting... Zevin has written the book she was born to write, a love letter to every aspect of gaming...Zevin''s delight in her characters, their qualities, and their projects sprinkles a layer of fairy dust over the whole enterprise...Sure to enchant even those who have never played a video game in their lives, with instant cult status for those who have."
-- Kirkus, starred
"Zevin creates beautifully flawed characters often caught between the real and gaming worlds, which are cleverly juxtaposed to highlight their similarities and differences. Both readers of love stories and gamers will enjoy. Highly recommended."
-- Library Journal, starred
"It''s impossible to predict how, exactly, you''ll fall in love with Gabrielle Zevin''s novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, but it''s an eventuality you can''t escape... Her artistic, inclusive world is filled with characters so genuine and endearing that you may start caring for them as if they were real. Above all, her development of Sam and Sadie''s relationship is pure wizardry; it''s deep and complex, transcending anything we might call a love story. Whether you care about video games or not is beside the point. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is the novel you''ve been waiting to read."
-- Chika Gujarathi, BookPage
