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[Only registered and activated users can see links] Embassytown
Author: China Mieville
Published: 2011
Language: English
ISBN: 9780345524508
Publisher: Del Rey
Pages: 368
Extension: EPUB
Size: 686 KB
Subjects: Science-Fiction
Categories: Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties: to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak-but which speaks through her, whether she likes it or not.
Praise for Embassytown
"A breakneck tale of suspense . . . disturbing and beautiful by turns. I cannot emphasize enough how terrific this novel is. It's definitely one of the best books I've read in the past year, perfectly balanced between escapism and otherworldly philosophizing." -io9
" Embassytown is a fully achieved work of art. . . . Works on every level, providing compulsive narrative, splendid intellectual rigour and risk, moral sophistication, fine verbal fireworks and sideshows, and even the old-fashioned satisfaction of watching a protagonist become more of a person than she gave promise of being." -Ursula K Le Guin
"The Kafkaesque writer journeys to the distant edges of the universe in his latest sci-fi thriller." -Entertainment Weekly
"Utterly astonishing . . . A major intellectual achievement." -Kirkus Reviews
"Brilliant storytelling . . . The result is a world masterfully wrecked and rebuilt." -P ublishers Weekly (starred review)
Download Embassytown - China Mieville
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Author: China Mieville
Published: 2011
Language: English
ISBN: 9780345524508
Publisher: Del Rey
Pages: 368
Extension: EPUB
Size: 686 KB
Subjects: Science-Fiction
Categories: Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties: to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak-but which speaks through her, whether she likes it or not.
Praise for Embassytown
"A breakneck tale of suspense . . . disturbing and beautiful by turns. I cannot emphasize enough how terrific this novel is. It's definitely one of the best books I've read in the past year, perfectly balanced between escapism and otherworldly philosophizing." -io9
" Embassytown is a fully achieved work of art. . . . Works on every level, providing compulsive narrative, splendid intellectual rigour and risk, moral sophistication, fine verbal fireworks and sideshows, and even the old-fashioned satisfaction of watching a protagonist become more of a person than she gave promise of being." -Ursula K Le Guin
"The Kafkaesque writer journeys to the distant edges of the universe in his latest sci-fi thriller." -Entertainment Weekly
"Utterly astonishing . . . A major intellectual achievement." -Kirkus Reviews
"Brilliant storytelling . . . The result is a world masterfully wrecked and rebuilt." -P ublishers Weekly (starred review)
Download Embassytown - China Mieville
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