THREE MOMENTS OF AN EXPLOSION - STORIES

• Date de parution : 07/06/2016
• Editeur : Del Rey
• EAN : 9781101884782
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : (-)
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Littérature étrangère
• Thème : Littérature anglaise
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

B>b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR The Guardian Kirkus Reviews /b>/b> The fiction of multiple awardwinning author China Miéville is powered by intelligence and imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and David Mitchell, he pulls from a variety of... Voir plus

B>b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR The Guardian Kirkus Reviews /b>/b> The fiction of multiple awardwinning author China Miéville is powered by intelligence and imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and David Mitchell, he pulls from a variety of genres with equal facility, employing the fantastic not to escape from reality but instead to interrogate it in provocative, unexpected ways.br> br> London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs, mysteriously reborn, clamber from the sea and onto the land, driven by an obscure purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpses bones--designs clearly present from birth, bearing mute testimony to . . . what?br> br>Of such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twenty-eight stories in this collection--many published here for the first time. By turns speculative, satirical, and heart-wrenching, fresh in form and language, and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come face-to-face with the deep weirdness of the world--and at times the deeper weirdness of themselves--Three Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of literatures most original voices.br>br>b>Praise for Three Moments of an Explosion/b>br> b> /b>br>China Miéville is dazzling. His latest collection of short stories, Three Moments of an Explosion, crowds virtuosity into every sentence.b>--The New York Times/b>br> br> You cant talk about [China] Miéville without using the word brilliant. . . . His wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing.b>--Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian/b>br> br> [A] gripping collection . . . Miéville expertly mixes science fiction, fantasy and surrealism. . . . Amid the longer stories are more cerebral, poetic flash pieces that will haunt the reader beyond the pages of this exceptional book.b>--The Washington Post/b>br> br> The stories shine . . . with a winking brilliance.b>--The Seattle Times/b>br> br> Mind-bending excursions into the fantastic.b>--NPR/b>br> br> Bradbury meets Borges, with Lovecraft gibbering tumultuously just out of hearing.b>--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)/b>br> br> Three Moments of an Explosion is a book filled with fabulous oddities.b>--Entertainment Weekly/b>br> br> Miéville moves effortlessly among realism, fantasy, and surrealism. . . . His characters, whether ordinary witnesses to extraordinary events or lunatics operating out of inexplicable compulsions, are invariably well drawn and compelling.b>--Publishers Weekly (starred review)/b>