A bordo de un gran buque, prisioneros y esclavos con cuerpos grotescos se dirigen hacia Nueva Crobuzon. Entre ellos está Bellis Coldwine, una lingüista que escapa de un castigo. La historia narra su búsqueda de una isla olvidada, enfrentándose a piratas y a los misterios de un nuevo mundo gobernado por Los Amantes.
La metrópolis de Nueva Crobuzon se extiende desde el centro del mundo. Humanos, mutantes y razas arcanas malviven en la penumbra bajo sus chimeneas, donde el río se torna viscoso por los afluentes artificiales, donde las fábricas y fundiciones amartillan la noche. Durante más de mil años, el Parlamento y su brutal milicia han gobernado una vasta economía de obreros y artistas, espías y soldados, magos, yonquis y prostitutas. Pero acaba de llegar un extraño con el bolsillo lleno y una demanda imposible. De forma torpe, inadvertida, algo impensable es liberado. Dotado de un especial talento para las ambientaciones exóticas, China Miéville convierte a Nueva Crobuzon en un vigoroso escenario en el que se dan cita los ecos de un Londres victoriano, la distopía más agria, la poderosa imaginería de la literatura gótica y originales razas antropomórficas. Sirviéndose de los recursos clásicos de la literatura fantástica y de anticipación, inaugura una fórmula narrativa fresca y novedosa, capaz de fascinar por igual a público y crítica hasta convertir Estación de la calle Perdido en la gran revelación de 2000 en el Reino Unido, donde ha sido galardonada con los principales premios literarios. ... - Biografía de China Miéville - Escritor británico nacido el 6 de septiembre de 1972 en Norwich, más concretamente en el barrio obrero de Willesden, al noroeste de Londres. En 1990 residió durante un año en Egipto, donde ejerció la enseñanza del inglés, interesándose por la política de Próximo Oriente y por la cultura árabe. Aparte de ser un escritor de literatura fantástica muy conocido, con grandes influencias de la denominada “nueva ola” (con la que comparte una forma de entender la literatura muy parecida y la animadversión a autores “reaccionarios” y tradicionales como Tolkien), del “pulp”, y de elementos de la cultura pop actual tales como la televisión y el rol, Miéville es un militante político de izquierdas bastante activo. Afiliado al Partido Socialista Británico de los Trabajadores, llegó a ser candidato a la Cámara de los Comunes por la Alianza Socialista en 2001. Su filiación política se ve reflejada tanto en sus ensayos (como por ejemplo 'Between Equal Rights') como en obras de ficción como 'El consejo de hierro'.
A reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: the Communist Manifesto.
Examining the aftermath of the Arab Spring, this book explores the Spring not as a series of failed revolutions but as successful counter-revolutions. Adding a new dimension to the history of revolutions, it addresses key debates in democratisation, authoritarian resilience and civil resistance.
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.
When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. Borlu must travel to a metropolis as strange as his own. It is a journey as psychic as it is physical.
On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt. The giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in oneâe(tm)s death & the otherâe(tm)s glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railsea, Sham senses that thereâe(tm)s more to life. Even if his captain can think only of her obsessive hunt for one savage mole. When they find a wrecked train, it's a welcome distraction. But the impossible salvage Sham finds there leads to trouble. Soon he's hunted on all sides: by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. Praise for China Miéville: âe~Fiction of the new centuryâe(tm) Neil Gaiman, âe~Miévilleâe(tm)s work is thrillingly imaginative âe¦ immensely witty & utterly unforgettableâe(tm) Scotland on Sunday, âe~One of the most imaginative young writers around in any kind of fictionâe(tm) Guardian, âe~Miévilleâe(tm)s imagined societies may be fantastic, but they are utterly coherent . . . wonderfully infectiousâe(tm) Daily Telegraph
Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville offers a unique perspective on the Russian Revolution, coinciding with its centenary. In February 1917, Russia was an autocratic monarchy, but by October, it had transformed into the first socialist state in history. This work explores the extraordinary months between these revolutions, examining how a war-torn and struggling nation underwent such a radical change. Mieville delves into the key figures and forces that shaped this pivotal year, from well-known leaders like Lenin and Trotsky to their adversaries, Kornilov and Kerensky. The narrative spans the complexities of urban activists and the remote villages of a vast empire, capturing the intricacies of political maneuvers and the chaos of revolution. While historians have debated the revolution's implications for a century, Mieville presents the events in a way that is accessible to newcomers, emphasizing both their historical significance and the passion, drama, and strangeness of the time. This account not only highlights the political ramifications but also reveals the Russian Revolution as a captivating story in its own right.
Un Lun Dun is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things end up--including people. When 12-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance into this strange city, it seems that an ancient prophecy is coming true. Illustrations.
When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borlu must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other. With shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, the multi-award winning The City & The City by China Mieville is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.
