China Mieville
Embassytown
- ISBN 13:
- 9780330533072
- author:
- China Mieville
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Pan
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.2 cm
- Genre:
- Books
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
China Miéville's Embassytown is an intelligent and immersive exploration of language in an alien world. On the outskirts of the universe, a city of contradictions exists, where humans and enigmatic Hosts coexist. Avice, an immerser, must navigate this complex society when a new arrival changes everything. A tiny cadre of human Ambassadors can speak Language, connecting two communities, but catastrophe looms when this Ambassador speaks. The only hope for the future lies with Avice, who must find a way to communicate directly with the alien Hosts - an impossible task. As tensions rise, Avice's world is turned upside down, revealing the intricate web of relationships between humans and Hosts in Embassytown.