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The Islanders
Taschenbuch von Christopher Priest
Sprache: Englisch

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The Islanders is a tale of murder, artistic rivalry and literary trickery; a chinese puzzle of a novel where nothing is quite what it seems; a narrator whose agenda is artful and subtle; a narrative that pulls you in and plays an elegant game with you.

The Dream Archipelago is a vast network of islands. The names of the islands are different depending on who you talk to, their very locations seem to twist and shift. Some islands have been sculpted into vast musical instruments, others are home to lethal creatures, others the playground for high society. Hot winds blow across the archipelago and a war fought between two distant continents is played out across its waters.

The Islanders serves both as an untrustworthy but enticing guide to the islands, an intriguing, multi-layered tale of a murder and the suspect legacy of its appealing but definitely untrustworthy narrator. It shows Christopher Priest at the height of his powers and illustrates why he has remained one of the country's most prized novelists.

'A glowing mosaic of a novel, puzzling, transporting and nigh-on impossible not to start again immediately once finished' The Sunday Times

'The Islanders is a magnificent novel, one of my books of the year, and you must read it' Adam Roberts

[...]

The Islanders is a tale of murder, artistic rivalry and literary trickery; a chinese puzzle of a novel where nothing is quite what it seems; a narrator whose agenda is artful and subtle; a narrative that pulls you in and plays an elegant game with you.

The Dream Archipelago is a vast network of islands. The names of the islands are different depending on who you talk to, their very locations seem to twist and shift. Some islands have been sculpted into vast musical instruments, others are home to lethal creatures, others the playground for high society. Hot winds blow across the archipelago and a war fought between two distant continents is played out across its waters.

The Islanders serves both as an untrustworthy but enticing guide to the islands, an intriguing, multi-layered tale of a murder and the suspect legacy of its appealing but definitely untrustworthy narrator. It shows Christopher Priest at the height of his powers and illustrates why he has remained one of the country's most prized novelists.

'A glowing mosaic of a novel, puzzling, transporting and nigh-on impossible not to start again immediately once finished' The Sunday Times

'The Islanders is a magnificent novel, one of my books of the year, and you must read it' Adam Roberts

[...]

Über den Autor
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 in 1983.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 352
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780575088641
ISBN-10: 0575088648
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Priest, Christopher
Hersteller: Orion Publishing Co
Maße: 204 x 131 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Priest
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2012
Gewicht: 0,221 kg
preigu-id: 106536157
Über den Autor
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 in 1983.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 352
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780575088641
ISBN-10: 0575088648
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Priest, Christopher
Hersteller: Orion Publishing Co
Maße: 204 x 131 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Priest
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2012
Gewicht: 0,221 kg
preigu-id: 106536157
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