The City & The City
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001NLKYQ0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbanist), but from book to book he's tried on different genres, and here he's fully hard-boiled, stripping down to a seen-it-all detective's voice that's wonderfully appropriate for this story of seen and unseen. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. In his tale of two cities, Mieville creates a world both fantastic and unsettlingly familiar, whose mysteries don't end with the solution of a murder. Best of the Month, June 2009: The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. --Tom Nissley. His detective is Inspector Tyador Borlu, a cop in Beszel whose investigation of the murder of a youn
BONUS: This edition contains a The City & The City discussion guide and excerpts from China Miéville's Kraken and Embassytown.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 Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. As the detectives uncover the dead woman’s secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. 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.. To investigate, Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, t
mobiusklien said An eye opener that is subtle. I waited a few months after reading it to write a review as at first the ending felt a bit mundane for a Mieville novel. But as i reflected on the pervading theme of seeing and especially UNSEEING in this complex city-scape, I realized that the the deeper mystery I was hoping for in the novel was in fact in plain site.This is not as filled with wonders as Perdido St. Station or the Iron Council and the language and imagery is terse by comparison. But as I reflect upon the fundamental message of unseeing in a dense, diverse city, thi. Mind bending matt haines This is (apparently) my first read of w book by mr mieville. It is also apparently atypical to his style. But I am blown away by it. The world he has created is so perfect, even though it is almost absurd at its core. A few times I asked myself "but why is it like this? Why do people live this way?" But mostly I was engrossed in the puzzle piece he has created. This is a rare book of alternate reality that I have recommended to my wife, who hates all things surreal.. Unclassifiable, except as genius J. Shurin This novel is a departure from the overt fantasy of his Bas-Lag series and his recent young adult book, Un Lun Dun. The closest approximation to his previous work would be to King Rat, which, for all its fantastic elements, was essentially a modern urban thriller.The review that follows is phenomenally vague, but The City & The City is an exceptionally clever piece of fiction, and I don't want to spoil it.The protagonist is Inspector Tyador Borlu, of the Extreme Crime Squad. Mieville sets the book up like a murder mystery - the slig