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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: new. Reprint. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR The Guardian Kirkus Reviews The fiction of multiple awardwinning author China Miville is powered by intelligence and imagination Like George Saunders Karen Russell and David Mitchell he pulls from a variety of genres with equal facility employing the fantastic not to escape from reality but instead to interrogate it in provocative unexpected waysLondon awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs Destroyed oil rigs mysteriously reborn clamber from the sea and onto the land driven by an obscure purpose An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpses bonesdesigns clearly present from birth bearing mute testimony to whatOf such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twentyeight stories in this collectionmany published here for the first time By turns speculative satirical and heartwrenching fresh in form and language and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come facetoface with the deep weirdness of the worldand at times the deeper weirdness of themselvesThree Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of literatures most original voicesPraise for Three Moments of an ExplosionChina Miville is dazzling His latest collection of short stories Three Moments of an Explosion crowds virtuosity into every sentenceThe New York TimesYou cant talk about China Miville without using the word brilliant His wit dazzles his humour is lively and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishingUrsula K Le Guin The GuardianA gripping collection Miville expertly mixes science fiction fantasy and surrealism Amid the longer stories are more cerebral poetic flash pieces that will haunt the reader beyond the pages of this exceptional bookThe Washington PostThe stories shine with a winking brillianceThe Seattle TimesMindbending excursions into the fantasticNPRBradbury meets Borges with Lovecraft gibbering tumultuously just out of hearingKirkus Reviews starred reviewThree Moments of an Explosion is a book filled with fabulous odditiesEntertainment WeeklyMiville moves effortlessly among realism fantasy and surrealism His characters whether ordinary witnesses to extraordinary events or lunatics operating out of inexplicable compulsions are invariably well drawn and compellingPublishers Weekly starred review. Codice articolo DADAX1101884789
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR The Guardian Kirkus Reviews The fiction of multiple awardwinning author China Mieville is powered by intelligence and imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and David Mitchell, he pulls from a variety of genres with equal facility, employing the fantastic not to escape from reality but instead to interrogate it in provocative, unexpected ways. London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs, mysteriously reborn, clamber from the sea and onto the land, driven by an obscure purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpses bonesdesigns clearly present from birth, bearing mute testimony to . . . what? Of such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twenty-eight stories in this collectionmany published here for the first time. By turns speculative, satirical, and heart-wrenching, fresh in form and language, and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come face-to-face with the deep weirdness of the worldand at times the deeper weirdness of themselvesThree Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of literatures most original voices.Praise for Three Moments of an Explosion China Mieville is dazzling. His latest collection of short stories, Three Moments of an Explosion, crowds virtuosity into every sentence.The New York Times You cant talk about [China] Mieville without using the word brilliant. . . . His wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing.Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian [A] gripping collection . . . Mieville expertly mixes science fiction, fantasy and surrealism. . . . Amid the longer stories are more cerebral, poetic flash pieces that will haunt the reader beyond the pages of this exceptional book.The Washington Post The stories shine . . . with a winking brilliance.The Seattle Times Mind-bending excursions into the fantastic.NPR Bradbury meets Borges, with Lovecraft gibbering tumultuously just out of hearing.Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Three Moments of an Explosion is a book filled with fabulous oddities.Entertainment Weekly Mieville moves effortlessly among realism, fantasy, and surrealism. . . . His characters, whether ordinary witnesses to extraordinary events or lunatics operating out of inexplicable compulsions, are invariably well drawn and compelling.Publishers Weekly (starred review) Includes an excerpt from The last days of new Paris. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781101884782
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