Perdido Street Station: 1 - Brossura

Miéville, China

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0345443020 ISBN 13: 9780345443021

Casa editrice: Del Rey, 2001

Riassunto

In the squalid, gothic city of New Crobuzon, a mysterious half-human, half-bird stranger comes to Isaac, a gifted but eccentric scientist, with a request to help him fly, but Isaac's obsessive experiments and attempts to grant the request unleash a terrifying dark force on the entire city. Original. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“[A] phantasmagoric masterpiece . . . The book left me breathless with admiration.”—Brian Stableford

“China Miéville's cool style has conjured up a triumphantly macabre technoslip metropolis with a unique atmosphere of horror and fascination.”—Peter Hamilton

“It is the best steampunk novel since Gibson and Sterling's.”—John Clute

L'autore:

China Miéville is the author of numerous books, including This Census-Taker, Three Moments of an Explosion, Railsea, Embassytown, Kraken, The City & The City, and Perdido Street Station. His works have won the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (three times). He lives and works in London.

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• Editore: Del Rey
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0345443020
• ISBN 13: 9780345443021
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 752