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James Smythe - Machine, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Machine

Av James Smythe

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Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK’s brightest new literary talents.Vic returned from war tormented by his nightmares. His once happy marriage to Beth all but disintegrated. A machine promised salvation, purging him of all memory.Now the machines are gone, declared too controversial, the side-effects too harmful. But within Beth’s flat is an ever-whirring black box. She knows that memories can be put back and that she can rebuild her husband piece by piece.A Frankenstein tale for the 21st century, The Machine is a story of the indelibility of memory, the human cost of science and the horrors of love.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-01-16
  • Mått: 129 x 197 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 240 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 328
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780007507504
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
  • Utmärkelser: Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014
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James Smythe was born in London in 1980. He has worked as a computer game writer and currently teaches creative writing. He also writes a blog for the Guardian. The Machine is his fourth novel and is shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. Previous novels include The Testimony and a science fiction series including The Explorer and The Echo. The Testimony was awarded Wales Fiction Book of the Year, 2013. He lives in London. He can be found on Twitter @jpsmythe

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‘Savage, intimate, inexorable’ Nick Harkaway‘The Machine is the work of a young writer with a preternaturally powerful and distinctive voice’ Guardian‘Phenomenal … simply unmissable’ Tor.com‘Extraordinary’ Dazed & Confused‘Reminiscent of Ian McEwan at his most macabre’Will Wiles, author of Care of Wooden Floors

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