Description: At the age of 13, Pella Marsh emigrates with her family to the Planet of the Archbuilders--home to a curious group of enigmatic aborigines that baffles and frightens human visitors.
Review Quotes: "One of the most original voices among younger American novelists....Jonathan Lethem's imagination [is]...marvelously fertile." --Newsday
"Lethem is opening up blue sky for American fiction."--Village Voice "Complex, scary and finally moving."--Atlanta Journal & Constitution