Ply // A Novel

The Pulitzer Prizewinning author ofTrustturns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in the American imagination

Centuries from now, at the dawn of a historical epoch filled with both uncertainty and promise, an orphan is adrift in a city on the brink of a great transformation. The state has been dismantled, and humans are reinventing social bonds and learning new ways to coexist with nature. Following a childhood defined by loss, survival, and found family, the orphan grows up to become a pincher, someone who steals electricity from the grid to sell it on the black market. Its a high-risk life, one that brings her into a rich art and music scene where she powers underground concerts. It also leads her to a colossal scientific invention that could change the very fabric of reality.

After rewriting Americas past with his two previous novels, Hernan Diaz defies expectations with his third and gives us a breathtaking glimpse into the future. A major achievement from a major contemporary writer,Plyquestions the place of technology in the American experiment with a plot that grabs both heart and mind. It is a novel of ideas built from a story of people. Combining Dickensian odyssey, family drama, and scientific thriller,Plypoignantly charts the tenuous boundaries of selfhood and the distance that inevitably stands between us and those we love.

Hernan Diazis the Pulitzer Prizewinning andNew York Timesbestselling author ofTrust, one ofThe New York Timess 100 Best Books of the Century. His previous novel,In the Distance, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He has received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Kirkus Prize, a Whiting Award, and a fellowship from the New York Public Librarys Cullman Center. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages.

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publish Date: September 29, 2026
• Pages: 464
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9780593719541
• Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.2 inches | 1.38 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Literary Fiction