Description
Embassytown is a city of contradictions situated at the edge of human space, where reality itself bends in impossible ways. Avice, an immerser trained to navigate the immer—a vast, mysterious sea of space and time that exists beneath ordinary reality—returns to her home planet only to find herself caught in a profound crisis that threatens to unravel the delicate relationship between humanity and an alien civilization. When communication with the planet's enigmatic inhabitants breaks down in catastrophic fashion, Avice discovers that the very nature of language and understanding may be the key to survival. China Miéville weaves a stunning science fiction epic that explores the limits of human perception, the power of words, and what it means to truly connect across the vast gulfs that separate worlds. This is a novel of wonder and strangeness, where the impossible becomes intimate and the fate of two species hangs in the balance.
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paperback
Random House Digital, Inc.
Published Jan 1, 2011
369 pages
ISBN: 9780345524492
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First Published
2011
Language
eng
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