Buy this book on-line PRIEST, CHRISTOPER: : THE GRADUALLONDON.GOLLANCZ,2016. ISBN 9781473200548.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Includes folded A4 publisher's (Gollancz) September 15th,2016 Press Release laid in loose.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour illustration artwork illustrated dw/dj with grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-79 chapters [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication.
In acclaimed novelist Christopher Priest's latest work (2016) we return to the Dream Archipelago,a string of islands that no one can map or explain.Composer and gifted musician, Alesandro Sussken lives in a fascist state,dour and authoritarian Republic of Glaund,constantly at war with another equally faceless opponent. His brother is sent off to fight and his family is destroyed by grief.The war goes on.
Occasionally Alesandro catches glimpses of islands in the far distance from the shore,and they feed into his music - music for which he is feted.But all knowledge of the other islands is forbidden. . . until he is unexpectedly sent on a cultural tour.What Alesandro discovers on his journey will change his perceptions of his country,his music and the ways of the islands themselves.
A powerful exploration of war,music and identity,from one of the UK's greatest writers.
Playing with the lot of the creative mind,the rigours of living under war and the nature of time itself,this is Christopher Priest at his absolute best.He has built himself an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary literary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy.His novel 'THE PRESTIGE' is unique in winning both a major literary prize (THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD) and a major genre prize (THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD). Author now lives in Devon.
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