Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
Summary
Childhood friends Sadie Green and Sam Masur reconnect in college and build a wildly successful video game design partnership that spans three decades of collaboration, rivalry, heartbreak, and creative reinvention, testing whether their bond can survive both success and personal tragedy. Zevin treats game design itself as a serious art form worthy of close attention, using the medium's possibilities for reinvention and second chances to mirror her characters' own repeated attempts to remake their friendship. The novel became a critical and commercial sensation, widely praised for its unusual subject matter and emotional depth.
Historical Context & Significance
The 2022 National Book Award for fiction went to Tess Gunty's The Rabbit Hutch, and the 2023 Pulitzer was shared by Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead and Hernan Diaz's Trust. Zevin's novel received no major literary prize despite becoming one of the most acclaimed and widely read books of its year.