All That is Solid Melts into Air Condition:Well Read in a "shadow biosphere" that

in a "shadow biosphere" that might impinge on the known biosphere

surveying characteristics

But they are not alone in their search

dies in a mysterious car crash

and a near maniacal state of gut-wrenching autopilot busyness

All That is Solid Melts into Air Condition:Well Read in a "shadow biosphere" thatRussia, 1986. In a run down apartment block in Moscow, a nine year old piano prodigy practices silently for fear of disturbing the neighbours. In a factory on the outskirts of the city, his aunt makes car parts, trying to hide her dissident past. In the hospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work to avoid facing his failed marriage. And in a rural village in Belarus, a teenage boy wakes up to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears of his