Description
What if the Black Death had struck far deeper—leaving Europe permanently weakened and allowing other civilizations to surge forward? Spanning centuries, this sweeping alternative history follows the intertwined lives of reincarnating souls as they move through changing worlds shaped by Muslim, Indian, Chinese, and Indigenous cultures, where hardship, war, discovery, and revolution continually remake society. Across ten “books,” characters debate the forces that drive history—faith, power, technology, and human longing—while the narrative’s philosophical monologues and conversations invite readers to consider whether civilization has a purpose beyond survival and meaning. With Kim Stanley Robinson’s signature blend of big-picture speculation and richly textured detail, the novel becomes both an epic chronicle and a meditation on how humanity might learn, repeat, and finally choose a different future.
Available Editions
paperback
Del Rey
Published Jun 3, 2003
777 pages
ISBN: 9780553897609
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First Published
2002
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson.