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The City & The City

by China Miéville
The City & The City
The City & The City

Murders entwine parallel, divergent cityscapes.

If you're intrigued by a blend of detective noir with a dash of speculative fantasy, "The City & The City" by China Miéville is like a literary puzzle begging to be solved. The story captivates with its exploration of two cities occupying the same space yet separated by perception. It's as much an investigation into a chilling murder as it is an examination of the cities’ complex relationship. The book promises to redefine your perception of boundaries and coexistence.

  • Hugo Award for Best Novel (2010)
  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2009)
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2010)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award (2010)
  • World Fantasy Award for Novel (2010)
  • Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2011)
  • British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (2009)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2010)
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Roman étranger and Nomination for Traduction (2012)
  • Premio Ignotus for Mejor Novela Extranjera (Best Foreign Novel) (2013)
  • Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2012)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2012)
  • The Kitschies for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2009)
  • SF ga Yomitai for Best Translated SF of the Year in Japan (2012)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2009)
  • Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit (2012)
  • Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Translated Long Form (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The City & The City

by China Miéville
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ISBN: 9780330493109
Authors: China Miéville
Publisher: Pan Books
Date of Publication: 2010-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Mystery, Science Fiction Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Thriller, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Crime
Goodreads rating: 3.9
(rated by 71604 readers)

Description

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. But as he investigates, the evidence points to conspiracies far stranger and more deadly than anything he could have imagined. Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own. This is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a shift in perception, a seeing of the unseen. His destination is Beszel’s equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the rich and vibrant city of Ul Qoma. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, and struggling with his own transition, Borlú is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of rabid nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman’s secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them and those they care about more than their lives. 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. Casting shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, The City & the City is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic
 

Murders entwine parallel, divergent cityscapes.

If you're intrigued by a blend of detective noir with a dash of speculative fantasy, "The City & The City" by China Miéville is like a literary puzzle begging to be solved. The story captivates with its exploration of two cities occupying the same space yet separated by perception. It's as much an investigation into a chilling murder as it is an examination of the cities’ complex relationship. The book promises to redefine your perception of boundaries and coexistence.

  • Hugo Award for Best Novel (2010)
  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2009)
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2010)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award (2010)
  • World Fantasy Award for Novel (2010)
  • Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2011)
  • British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (2009)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2010)
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Roman étranger and Nomination for Traduction (2012)
  • Premio Ignotus for Mejor Novela Extranjera (Best Foreign Novel) (2013)
  • Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2012)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2012)
  • The Kitschies for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2009)
  • SF ga Yomitai for Best Translated SF of the Year in Japan (2012)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2009)
  • Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit (2012)
  • Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Translated Long Form (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.