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The last days of new Paris : a novella / China Miéville.
In the chaos of wartime Marseille, 1941, American engineer--and occult disciple--Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever. In 1950, a lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts--and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse. But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties--to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345543998
- ISBN: 0345543998
- Physical Description: 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Del Rey, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Subject: | Art > Fiction. Surrealism > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > France > Paris > Fiction. Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction. Paris (France) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. War stories. Alternative histories (Fiction) |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Adams PL Sys. - Decatur Branch | SFIC MIEVILL LAS (Text) | 34207002021211 | Adult Fiction - Science Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson Co PL - Madison Main Branch | FICTION MIÉV (Text) | 39391006560369 | Fiction | Available | - |
| North Madison Co PL - Elwood PL | FIC MIE (Text) | 30419101511818 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Porter County PL - Portage Public Library | MIEVI (Text) | 33410014060521 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| West Lafayette PL - West Lafayette | SF FIC MIE (Text) | 31951004133390 | 2nd Floor - Science Fiction | Available | - |
| Westville-New Durham Twp PL - Westville | F MIE (Text) | 71462000028039 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
A Surrealist bomb transfigures an alternate-reality World War II Paris into a phantasmagoric dreamscape, unleashing a race of nightmarish creatures. By the New York Times best-selling author of Three Moments of an Explosion. - Baker & Taylor
"A thriller of war that never was--of survival in an impossible city--of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Mieville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new. "Beauty will be convulsive." 1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer--and occult disciple--Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever. 1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts--and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam,an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse. But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties--to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself." -- - Baker & Taylor
A Surrealist bomb transforms an alternate-reality World War II Paris into a phantasmagoric dreamscape, unleashing a race of nightmarish creatures. - Random House, Inc.
A thriller of war that never wasâof survival in an impossible cityâof surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new.
âBeauty will be convulsive. . . .â
1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineerâand occult discipleâJack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist André Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever.
1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and textsâand by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse.
But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyaltiesâto each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself.
Praise for The Last Days of New Paris
âBeautiful, stunningly realized . . . [The Last Days of New Paris] is a brief vacation in alien latitudes, a midnight layover in an imaginary place.ââNPR
âA thoughtful, highbrow novella . . . Miévilleâs self-assured style offers up a strong sense of humanity, while the strange Surrealist monsters give Last Days a fun and complementary mad-science component.ââUSA Today
â[A] testament to the necessary, progressive power of art . . . Both moving and disturbingly timely.ââNewsday
âA novel both unhinged and utterly compelling, a kind of guerrilla warfare waged by art itself, combining both meticulous historical research and Miévilleâs unparalleled inventiveness.ââChicago TribuneÂ
âAn extraordinarily original work that foregrounds Mievilleâs considerable ingenuity and innovation.ââThe Millions
âHauntingly poetic, strangely beautiful, and erratically intense.ââSan Francisco Book Review
âDazzling . . . quite a feat.ââThe Guardian
