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Join science journalist Sabrina Imbler on an astonishing journey which will completely redefine the way you think about nature and the ocean'An astonishing debut' GUARDIAN'Reveals just as much about our fascinating, mysterious world as it does about our fascinating, mysterious selves' NEW YORK TIMESIn My Life in Sea Creatures we encounter: the mother octopus, starving herself while watching over her eggs; the yeti crab, thriving in crushing pressure and oppressive darkness; the cuttlefish, able to change its appearance in a fraction of a second; and many other creatures lurking in the depths of the ocean.Imbler's work weaves the wonders of marine biology with their own identity as a queer, non-binary mixed-race writer. They implicitly connect endangered sea life to marginalised human communities and shatter our preconceptions about the sea and what it means to survive.'A miraculous, transcendental book' ED YONG'Profound, surprising and thrillingly strange. I love it' SY MONTGOMERY'Astounding' PHILIP HOARE'A revelation' ISABELLA TREE***LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER***

Join science journalist Sabrina Imbler on an astonishing journey which will completely redefine the way you think about nature and the ocean'An astonishing debut' GUARDIAN'Reveals just as much about our fascinating, mysterious world as it does about our fascinating, mysterious selves' NEW YORK TIMESIn My Life in Sea Creatures we encounter: the mother octopus, starving herself while watching over her eggs; the yeti crab, thriving in crushing pressure and oppressive darkness; the cuttlefish, able to change its appearance in a fraction of a second; and many other creatures lurking in the depths of the ocean.Imbler's work weaves the wonders of marine biology with their own identity as a queer, non-binary mixed-race writer. They implicitly connect endangered sea life to marginalised human communities and shatter our preconceptions about the sea and what it means to survive.'A miraculous, transcendental book' ED YONG'Profound, surprising and thrillingly strange. I love it' SY MONTGOMERY'Astounding' PHILIP HOARE'A revelation' ISABELLA TREE***LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER***

Through intertwined threads of autofiction, lyric science writing, and the tale of a newly queer Hawaiian volcano, Sabrina Imbler delivers a coming out story on a geological time scale. This is a small book that tackles large, wholly human questions— what it means to live and date under white supremacy, to never know if one is loved or fetishized, how to navigate fierce desires and tectonic heartbreak through the rise and eventual eruption of a first queer love.

A través de una narración que combina ingeniosamente el periodismo científico y la escritura personal, Sabrina Imbler se sumerge en las zonas más profundas del océano para indagar sobre el significado existencial de lo vivido y la conformación de su propia identidad. Las historias de diez criaturas del mar se funden eficazmente con un correlato biográfico que va iluminando los temas cardinales que Imbler somete a escrutinio con la misma meticulosidad naturalista y diáfana con que observa el mundo submarino: la infancia, las relaciones amorosas, la sexualidad fluida, el mestizaje racial o el sentido de comunidad. De esta forma, un pulpo que va muriendo de hambre lentamente solo para proteger a sus huevos le da pie a Imbler para informarnos sobre sus malos hábitos de alimentación y la visión dismórfica que su madre tiene de su propio cuerpo, o bien el poder metamórfico que las sepias marinas despliegan para burlar a sus depredadores le permite narrar sus propios cambios y adaptaciones como miembro de minorías. Sin pretender aleccionarnos, Hasta dónde llega la luz es un libro fascinante y honesto que nos invita a reconsiderar los límites de nuestra propia naturaleza.—...encontré tanto consuelo como esperanza en la capacidad de Imbler para retratar un mundo tan extraño que apenas es legible para los humanos, y para mostrar las innumerables formas de ser a las que podríamos recurrir para imaginar nuestro camino hacia las profundidades.Ilana Masad, The Washington Post