Award-winning author China Miéville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down Award-winning writer China Miéville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take...
La mejor colección de relatos del año. ( Wired) Un escritor de relatos cortos de impresionante imaginación y poderío. Una obra oscura, ingeniosa, aterradora y completamente irresistible. ( BBC Focus) Las historias de Miéville mezclan fervor político con amenazas góticas, y caminan de manera inquietante sobre el filo que separa lo extraño de lo cotidiano… poderosos cuentos de paranoica complicidad. ( Times literary supplement)
Kui kuskil Euroopa äärealal asuvast Besźeli linnast leitakse noore naise surnukeha, tundub see inspektor Tyador Borlúle üsna rutiinse juhtumina. Kuid uurimine viib ta naaberlinna Ul Qomasse, maailma ainsasse paika, mis on sama kummaline kui Besźel ise. See teekond äärmusrühmituste ja poliitiliste mängude maailma on nii füüsiline kui ka psüühiline, ta nõuab tajumuutust, nähtamatu nägemist. Koos Ul Qoma uurija Qussim Dhattiga surnud naise saladustelt katet tõmmates hakkab Borlú aegamööda mõistma,...
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