The City & the City

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Mieville, China 저자(글)

Del Rey Books · 2010년 04월 27일

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China Mieville is the author ofKing Rat;Perdido Street Station,winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award;The Scar,winner of the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award;Iron Council, winner of the Locus Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award;Looking for Jake, a collection of short stories; andUn Lun Dun, his New York Times bestselling book for younger readers. He lives and works in London. From the Hardcover edition.
Inspector Tyador Borl?must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Beszel.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE SEATTLE TIMES, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borl of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borl must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borl is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman?? secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities.
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borl?of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borl?must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borl?is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman's secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities.
"Daring and disturbing . . . Mieville illuminates fundamental and unsettling questions about culture, governance and the shadowy differences that keep us apart."Walter Mosley, author of Devil in a Blue Dress "Lots of books dabble in several genres but few manage to weld them together as seamlessly and as originally as The City and The City. In a tale set in a series of cities vertiginously layered in the same space, Mieville offers the detective novel re-envisioned through the prism of the fantastic. The result is a stunning piece of artistry that has both all the satisfactions of a good mystery and all the delight and wonder of the best fantasy."Brian Evenson, author of Last Days "If Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler's love child were raised by Franz Kafka, the writing that emerged might resemble China Mieville's new novel, The City & the City." Los Angeles Times "China Mieville has made his name via award-winning, genre-bending titles such as King Rat, Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council. Now, in The City & the City, he sets out to bend yet another genre, that of the police procedural, and he succeeds brilliantly.... [An] extraordinary, wholly engaging read." St. Petersburg Times "An eye-opening genre-buster. The names of Kafka and Orwell tend to be invoked too easily for anything a bit out of the ordinary, but in this case they are worthy comparisons." The Times, London "Evoking such writers as Franz Kafka and Mikhail Bulgakov, Mr. Mieville asks readers to make conceptual leaps and not to simply take flights of fancy." Wall Street Journal "An outstanding take on police procedurals.... Through this exaggerated metaphor of segregation, Mieville skillfully examines the illusions people embrace to preserve their preferred social realities." Publishers Weekly,starred review "An excellent police procedural and a fascinating urban fantasy, this is essential reading for all mystery and fantasy fans." Booklist, starred review "This spectacularly, intricately paranoid yarn is worth the effort." Kirkus, starred review From the Hardcover edition.
"Daring and disturbing . . . Mi?ille illuminates fundamental and unsettling questions about culture, governance and the shadowy differences that keep us apart." Walter Mosley, author of Devil in a Blue Dress "Lots of books dabble in several genres but few manage to weld them together as seamlessly and as originally asThe City and The City. In a tale set in a series of cities vertiginously layered in the same space, Mi?ille offers the detective novel re-envisioned through the prism of the fantastic. The result is a stunning piece of artistry that has both all the satisfactions of a good mystery and all the delight and wonder of the best fantasy." Brian Evenson, author of Last Days

작가정보

저자(글) Mieville, China

런던에서 태어나 1994년 케임브리지대학 클레어 칼리지 사회인류학과를 수석으로 졸업하고 하버드대학에서 1년간 공부했으며, 2001년 런던정경대학에서 국제관계학 박사학위를 받았다. 1998년 첫 장편 『쥐의 왕』을 발표하며 주목받은 이래, ‘어번(urban) 판타지 3부작’으로 불리는 『퍼디도 스트리트 정거장』『상처』『강철의회』 등을 통해 판타지 문학의 혁신자로 떠올랐다. 또한 그는 마르크스주의자이자 영국 사회주의노동자당 당원으로, 2001년 사회주의 연맹 후보로 하원의원에 출마하기도 했다.“착한 사람은 복을 받고 나쁜 사람은 벌을 받는 이야기를 읽고 싶다면, 당신이 원하는 것은 동화”라며 J. R. R. 톨킨류의 판타지로부터 의식적으로 거리를 두려 하는 그는 뉴위어드(New Weird) 작가 집단의 일원이다. 그는 현실에 지친 독자들을 위로하는 판타지 대신, 현실보다 현실적인 판타지를 보여준다. 그의 작품들은 발표될 때마다 유수의 문학상 후보작으로 거론된다. 특히『퍼디도 스트리트 정거장』은 휴고 상, 네뷸러 상, 세계환상문학상 후보에 오르고 아서 C. 클라크 상과 영국환상문학상을 수상했다. 또한 독자들에게도 대중적인 사랑을 받아 2001년 아마존닷컴 편집자들이 선정한 그해 최고의 판타지로 선정되기도 했다.

기본정보

ISBN	9780345497529 ( 034549752X )
발행(출시)일자	2010년 04월 27일
쪽수	336쪽
크기	141 * 211 * 19 mm / 277 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어