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It's transfixing to watch Monica Byrne become a major player in sci-fi with her debut novel: so sharp, so focused and so human. Beautifully drawn people in a future that feels so close you can touch it, blended with the lush language and concerns of myth. It builds a bridge from past to future, from East to West. Glorious stuff (Neil Gaiman)
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Sci-fi has long claimed to be the multicultural literature of the future. This is the real thing...Described with verve and conviction...A new sensation, a real achievement (Wall Street Journal)
The most inventive tale to come along in years. . . . The writing is often brilliant, as Byrne paints wholly believable pictures of worlds and cultures most Westerners will never know. . . . Engrossing and enjoyable (Kirkus Reviews)
Spectacular and intriguing. . . . Enthralling on many levels. . . . The incorporation of evolving views of gender . . . propel this novel into the stratosphere of artistic brilliance (Library Journal, starred review)
[The narrative] captures the sheer surface speed and exhilaration of living in the changing contemporary world. . . . A ceaseless storm of matter and energy (Los Angeles Review of Books)
Brims with ambition...Inventive... Fearless ...[A] wild, hallucinatory ride (San Francisco Chronicle)
Monica Byrne's vision of India and Africa as an ever-changing maelstrom of language and culture, technology and sexuality is utterly captivating...An electrifying debut (Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni)
Stunning...More than a few surprises await Meena and Mariama and the reader as story lines converge in a surprising, gratifying climax (Booklist)
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A brilliant novel, vivid, intense, and fearless with a kind of savage joy. These journeys - Meena's across the Arabian Sea and Mariama's across Africa - are utterly unforgettable (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Sci-fi has long claimed to be the multicultural literature of the future. This is the real thing...Described with verve and conviction...A new sensation, a real achievement (Wall Street Journal)
The most inventive tale to come along in years. . . . The writing is often brilliant, as Byrne paints wholly believable pictures of worlds and cultures most Westerners will never know. . . . Engrossing and enjoyable (Kirkus Reviews)
Spectacular and intriguing. . . . Enthralling on many levels. . . . The incorporation of evolving views of gender . . . propel this novel into the stratosphere of artistic brilliance (Library Journal, starred review)
[The narrative] captures the sheer surface speed and exhilaration of living in the changing contemporary world. . . . A ceaseless storm of matter and energy (Los Angeles Review of Books)
Brims with ambition...Inventive... Fearless ...[A] wild, hallucinatory ride (San Francisco Chronicle)
Monica Byrne's vision of India and Africa as an ever-changing maelstrom of language and culture, technology and sexuality is utterly captivating...An electrifying debut (Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni)
Stunning...More than a few surprises await Meena and Mariama and the reader as story lines converge in a surprising, gratifying climax (Booklist)
In a world where global power has shifted east and revolution is brewing, a young woman sets out from her home in India on a desperate, profound journey of escape and discovery.
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- Data di pubblicazione2015
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- ISBN 13 9780349004372
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- Numero di pagine336
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