City Of Stairs: The Divine Cities Book 1 - Brossura

Jackson Bennett, Robert

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ISBN 10: 1848667981 ISBN 13: 9781848667983

Casa editrice: Quercus Books, 2015

Riassunto

'Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience' - Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Prism In the city of stairs, nothing is as it seems. You've got to be careful when you're chasing a murderer through Bulikov, for the world is not as it should be in that city. When the gods were destroyed and all worship of them banned by the Polis, reality folded; now stairs lead to nowhere, alleyways have become portals to the past, and criminals disappear into thin air. The murder of Dr Efrem Pangyui, the Polis diplomat researching the Continent's past, has begun something and now whispers of an uprising flutter out from invisible corners. Only one woman may be willing to pursue the truth - but it is likely to cost her everything. 'Truly refreshing' - New York Times Book Review

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Recensione:

Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience. This is the book that will earn it for him. A story that draws you in, brilliant world building, and oh my God, Sigrud. You guys are going to love Sigrud (Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Prism)

Smart and sardonic, with wry echoes from classic tales mixed up in an inventive, winning narrative. [Bennett is] a master of the genre (Kirkus)

City of Stairs is brilliant (Upcoming4me)

City of Stairs is a smooth novel of near perfection and the best Epic Fantasy novel I've read this year. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough (SFF World)

[Bennett's] clever selection of detail, the honesty and depth with which he describes his characters, and his ability to use so many disparate elements to transcend genre set him apart from the crowd. 9/10 (Fantasy Faction)

A memorably surreal urbanscape. . . . Readers seeking a truly refreshing fantasy milieu should travel to Bulikov, and welcome its conquest (New York Times Book Review)

With nods to Neil Gaiman's slumbering deities, Ursula K. LeGuin's two-faced political schemers and China Miéville's labyrinthine worlds, City Of Stairs is a compulsively readable and thought-provoking tale that confirms the author as one of the genre's most exciting talents. 4/5 (SciFi Now)

I'm honestly not sure I have anything to criticise, or even nitpick over. From start to finish, this is tightly written, expertly plotted, marvellously paced and just plain fun to read. 5/5 (Over the Effing Rainbow)

Complex, ever evocative, this is the novel as fireworks. Seductively addictive (Love Reading)

City of Stairs definitely makes my list of favourite fantasy novels . . . Excellent and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. 9.5/10 (Fantasy Book Review)

Descrizione del libro:

Renowned scholar Dr Efrem Pangui is dead, murdered for his research in Bulikov, the city of stairs. Now only one woman is willing to pursue the truth - but it is likely to cost her everything.

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• Editore: Quercus Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1848667981
• ISBN 13: 9781848667983
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 420