Pulitzer Author Hernan Diaz Explores Physics and Selfhood in New Novel Ply

'Learning about physics changed my life': author Hernan Diaz on his new novel <i>Ply</i>. Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript. Download Nature hits the books 02 October 2026 In this episode, we speak with Hernan Diaz whose most recent novel Ply blends a vision of a dystopian future with questions about selfhood and asks whether advanced physics could be