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'A page-turner whose end left me almost physically applauding.' Michael Moorcock, New Statesman

1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer and occult disciple Jack Parsons seeks to capture and channel the imaginative power of the Surrealists, in order to defeat the Reich. His experiment will change the course of the war - and the face of the city - forever.

1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new and hallucinogenic Paris where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts - and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, Thibaut must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins.

But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties - to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself.

'A hallucinatory jeu d'esprit . . . Fun, very inventive and thoughtful, particularly for readers interested in Surrealism's revolutionary politics. I loved it.' Daily Telegraph

'Joyously vivid . . . thrills with the sheer depth of its ambition, invention and historical detail.' Glasgow Sunday Herald

'A page-turner whose end left me almost physically applauding.' Michael Moorcock, New Statesman

1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer and occult disciple Jack Parsons seeks to capture and channel the imaginative power of the Surrealists, in order to defeat the Reich. His experiment will change the course of the war - and the face of the city - forever.

1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new and hallucinogenic Paris where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts - and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, Thibaut must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins.

But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties - to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself.

'A hallucinatory jeu d'esprit . . . Fun, very inventive and thoughtful, particularly for readers interested in Surrealism's revolutionary politics. I loved it.' Daily Telegraph

'Joyously vivid . . . thrills with the sheer depth of its ambition, invention and historical detail.' Glasgow Sunday Herald

Über den Autor
China Miéville is a Sunday Times bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction. His novels include The City & The City, Embassytown, Perdido Street Station and The Rouse. A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction, he has won the World Fantasy, the Hugo, and the Arthur C. Clarke awards, among others. His non-fiction includes a study of international law and a history of the Russian Revolution.
Zusammenfassung
A thriller of a war that never was. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781447296553
ISBN-10: 1447296559
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mieville, China
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: China Mieville
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.02.2018
Gewicht: 0,164 kg
Artikel-ID: 110136793