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Certain writers absolutely defy categorisation – and China Miéville is most definitely of that rarefied company. His prose is exhilarating, poetic, coruscating with ideas and atmosphere – and it has enhanced a body of work that has almost no parallels in modern writing. Heretofore, if Miéville has brushed shoulders with any identifiable genres, they are those of fantasy and sci...
Certain writers absolutely defy categorisation – and China Miéville is most definitely of that rarefied company. His prose is exhilarating, poetic, coruscating with ideas and atmosphere – and it has enhanced a body of work that has almost no parallels in modern writing. Heretofore, if Miéville has brushed shoulders with any identifiable genres, they are those of fantasy and science fiction – which makes his remarkable new book, The City and The City, such a surprise. The author’s publishers compare this novel to Philip K Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984 – which at least gives a series of corollaries for this book, however tentative. There are elements here of the crime thriller, but very much refracted through Miéville’s highly individual imagination.
The body of a murdered woman is discovered in the remarkable, crumbling European city of Besźel. Such a crime is par for the course for Inspector Tyador Borlú, who is the premier talent of the Extreme Crime Squad – until his investigations uncover evidence that bizarre and terrifying forces are at work – and soon both he and those around him will be in considerable peril. He must undertake an odyssey, a journey across borders both physical and psychical, to the city which is both a complement and rival to his own, that of Ul Qoma.
Like all of China Miéville’s work, The City and The City will not be to everyone’s taste – the very individuality of the prose and the surrealistic inventiveness will not attract those preferring more prosaic fare. But for readers who hanker after untrammelled imagination – and look for literary fare unlike anything they have read before (even, it has to be said, by Miéville himself), then this is a journey to be undertaken. But with caution, perhaps… --Barry Forshaw
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柴纳·米耶维 作者
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柴纳·米耶维
China Miéville
1972年出生于英格兰,以“新怪谭”风格奠定国际声誉,21世纪的重要奇幻作家。代表作品有《鼠王》、《帕迪杜街车站》、《地疤》、《伪伦敦》、《城与城》、《寻找杰克》等。米耶维的写作风格多半带有诡异的幽默感,擅长构制宏大逼真的奇境世界。作品屡获轨迹奖、雨果奖、世界奇幻奖、阿瑟·克拉克奖等重要国际奇幻、科幻文学奖。
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《城与城》——荒诞又真实的城市寓言
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小说以一起看似普通的谋杀案开始,但紧接着故事却进入了不同寻常的背景和轨道。这起谋杀发生在一座奇特的城市——或者说两座奇特的城市。 贝歇尔与乌库姆,同一地理位置上的两座城市国家,语言文字、政治组织、经济水平均不相同,却互相交错融合,又对对方视而不见。两座城市... (展开)C国搬砖人员网络日志
“扣人心弦而发人深思的阅读体验”
人类为什么要互相伤害!
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对故事本身,想说的话韬子老师说得差不多了(http://book.douban.com/review/4886898/),我只是简单说几句吧。 作者构造了一个(两个)迷离的城市,他们共享同一片土地却彼此视而不见。明明处于同一片地域,但两个城市的人使用的语言、走路的方式、建筑的风格、食物的味道都... (展开)《极乐迪斯科》玩家巡礼
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设定和悬念太有意思了,各方面两部作品都很相似,甚至包括不怎么尽情的探案结局……四星半 (有一点点剧透) 听说《极乐迪斯科》的主创推荐柴纳·米耶维的小说,于是便先入为主地抱着对混杂奇幻科幻的世界观、迷失的自我和社会、东欧左派的挽歌还有“生于磨难与失落的黑暗冒险... (展开)> 更多书评 17篇
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