Aja Gabel – författare

'Audaciously tackles life's most formative experiences: love and loss' RUMAAN ALAM, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind'Like walking down a hall of mirrors . . . Lightbreakers made me see things anew' LING MA, prize-winning author of Severance'You will love this genre-busting book . . . A cross of literary fiction and sci-fi, it's also a beautiful meditation of grief, time, and love' SAMIN NOSTRAT, bestselling author of Salt Fat Acid HeatMaya, an artist, and Noah, a quantum physicist, are happily married. But beneath the surface of their wedded bliss is a third rail: Serena, the lost child that Noah had with his ex-wife.When Noah gets a call from an eccentric billionaire asking him to participate in a clandestine project aiming to unravel the secrets of time and consciousness, the couple agrees to relocate to the Janus Lab, deep in the desert, and Noah finds himself drawn into a dangerous kind of time travel that could result in seeing Serena again.But Janus lab is not what it seems, and soon Noah and Maya are drawn into its dangerous web, where they must grapple with their pasts and plumb the depths of human connection to find their way back to one another.'Compassionate and prismatic . . . my favourite kind of novel' CHLOE BENJAMIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists'Both gripping and deeply felt, as breath-taking as it is mind-bending . . . it exists in a category all its own' RACHEL KHONG, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans

'Audaciously tackles life's most formative experiences: love and loss' RUMAAN ALAM, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind'Like walking down a hall of mirrors . . . Lightbreakers made me see things anew' LING MA, prize-winning author of Severance'You will love this genre-busting book . . . A cross of literary fiction and sci-fi, it's also a beautiful meditation of grief, time, and love' SAMIN NOSTRAT, bestselling author of Salt Fat Acid HeatMaya, an artist, and Noah, a quantum physicist, are happily married. But beneath the surface of their wedded bliss is a third rail: Serena, the lost child that Noah had with his ex-wife.When Noah gets a call from an eccentric billionaire asking him to participate in a clandestine project aiming to unravel the secrets of time and consciousness, the couple agrees to relocate to the Janus Lab, deep in the desert, and Noah finds himself drawn into a dangerous kind of time travel that could result in seeing Serena again.But Janus lab is not what it seems, and soon Noah and Maya are drawn into its dangerous web, where they must grapple with their pasts and plumb the depths of human connection to find their way back to one another.'Compassionate and prismatic . . . my favourite kind of novel' CHLOE BENJAMIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists'Both gripping and deeply felt, as breath-taking as it is mind-bending . . . it exists in a category all its own' RACHEL KHONG, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans

A luminous novel of love, loss, science, and art, that asks if the past can ever be truly revisited, and at what cost?In the beginning, there was happiness. Maya, an artist obsessed with the nature of beauty, and Noah, a quantum physicist preoccupied by the mysteries of the universe, found in each other a shared curiosity about the world. But beneath the surface of their happy marriage is a third rail: Serena, the lost child that Noah had with his ex-wife, Eileen.One day Noah gets a call from an eccentric billionaire, asking him to participate in a clandestine project aiming to unravel the secrets of time and consciousness. The couple agrees to relocate to the Janus Lab, deep in the desert, where Noah finds himself drawn into a dangerous kind of time travel that could result in seeing Serena again.As Noah delves into this groundbreaking, fringe work, his past begins to overtake him. And when his ex-wife, Eileen, joins the project, Maya embarks on a journey back to her own past, one that takes her to Japan, to her family, and to a formative lover who once shattered her heart. As Noah, Maya, and Eileen grapple with the balance between holding on and letting go, new information emerges that the Janus Lab might not be exactly what it seems.  A heart-achingly moving novel, Lightbreakers plumbs the mysteries of human connection, and explores how to love in a world where time is both a healer and a thief.

The addictive novel about four young friends navigating a cutthroat world and their complex relationships with each other, as ambition, passion, and love intertwine over the course of their lives.Jana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn''t needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music, for each other.Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who''s always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group''s youthful, rocky start, they experience devastating failure and wild success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other - by career, by the intensity of their art, by the secrets they carry, by choosing each other over and over again.Following these four unforgettable characters, Aja Gabel''s debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes, cutthroat world of musicians, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition, friendship, and the tenderness of youth.

Andlöst gripande berättelse om drömmar och ambitioner, vänskapsband och kärleken till musiken. Jana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. Tillsammans bildar de Van Nesskvartetten. Brit är andraviolinist, vacker och tystlåten men ensam och utan familj. På altviolin har vi Henry, ett sorglöst musikaliskt underbarn som alltid haft det lätt för sig i livet. Cellisten Daniel är äldst, en rasande skeptiker som aldrig vill binda sig. På första violin har vi Jana, deras målmedvetna och benhårda ledare. Aja Gabel låter oss följa dessa fyra vänners resa genom livet, deras komplexa relationer till varandra och hur de navigerar den klassiska musikens skoningslösa värld. Tillsammans får de uppleva förkrossande nederlag och sanslösa framgångar, hjärtesorg och bröllop, triumfer och förluster, svek och osviklig lojalitet. Ibland i harmoni med varandra och ibland inte, men alltid bundna till varandra genom vänskap, musiken de skapar tillsammans och hemligheterna de bär på.Aja Gabel är bosatt i Los Angeles. Hon är cellist men har dessutom en doktorsexamen i litteratur och kreativt skrivande från University of Houston. Kvartetten är hennes debutroman."Enastående. De fyra huvudpersonerna är minnesvärda var och en för sig, men som en kvartett är de oförglömliga". PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Den här melodiska och detaljrika berättelsen följer en grupp vänner likaså stråkkvartett när de förändras och utvecklas tillsammans vuxenlivet igenom. Berättad från alternerande perspektiv ger den både en fängslande insikt i klassiskt skolade musikers verklighet och en intim skildring av vänskap". MARIE CLAIRETips!Författaren Aja Gabel har skapat en spellista på Spotify med den musik som omnämns i boken "The Ensemble".