Fugue for a Darkening Island

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Survivors of a terrible African war flee their blighted continent, and look for refuge in the countries of the West. But Britain is falling into civil war and anarchy. One of Christopher Priest's earliest novels, FUGUE FOR A DARKENING ISLAND is a powerful work whose subject matter has become increasingly relevant in recent years.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-06-09
Mått:132 x 198 x 19 mm
Vikt:200 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Orion Publishing Co
ISBN:9780575098206
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1973 (UK)

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Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD and a major genre prize THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD); THE SEPARATION won both the ARTHUR C. CLARKE and the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARDS. He was selected for the original BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS in1983.

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it is startling how relevant this 40 year-old novel is, even today ... His prose is finely honed, his grasp of structure and tone a thing of darkly sparkling beauty, redolent of an elegance, a grace