The Islanders
by Christopher Priest
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0575078197
- ISBN 13
- 9780575078192
- Seller
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Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
All men are islands.
A stunning literary SF novel from the multiple award winning Christopher Priest. A tale of murder, artistic rivalry and literary trickery; a Chinese puzzle of a novel where nothing is quite what it seems; a narrator whose agenda is artful and subtle; a narrative that pulls you in and plays an elegant game with you.
The Dream Archipelago is a vast network of islands. The names of the islands are different depending on who you talk to, their very locations seem to twist and shift. Some islands have been sculpted into vast musical instruments, others are home to lethal creatures, others the playground for high society. Hot winds blow across the archipelago and a war fought between two distant continents is played out across its waters. THE ISLANDERS serves both as an untrustworthy but enticing guide to the islands, an intriguing, multi-layered tale of a murder and the suspect legacy of its appealing but definitely untrustworthy narrator.
Synopsis
Christopher Priest is a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel The Islanders won both the BSFA Award and the John W. Campbell Award. The Separation won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the BSFA Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202001626
- Title
- The Islanders
- Author
- Christopher Priest
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0575078197
- ISBN 13
- 9780575078192
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- used books, discount books, best children's books, shop books, top books to read
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction; Alternate History; First Editions;
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