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The City & the City

China Miéville

Hardcover | Pages: 312 pages

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Title	:	The City & the City
Author	:	China Miéville
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 312 pages
Published	:	May 26th 2009 by Del Rey
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Mystery. Crime

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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 heights.

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Original Title:	The City & The City
ISBN:	0345497511 (ISBN13: 9780345497512)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345497512
Characters:	Tyador Borlú
Setting:	Besźel Ul Qoma
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award for Best Novel (2010), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2009), Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2010), Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel (2010), World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2010) Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work) (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)

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"There's a series of random and implausible crises that make no sense other than if you believe the most dramatic possible shit. And there's a dead girl."That quote from a character in the book, sums this up very well.I enjoyed the concept, the wordplay, and the impossibility of categorisation: it's a detective story, with strong political themes, but it's set in a world that is not exactly dystopian or futuristic or fantastic - but it isn't quite realistic either.The CitiesThe title relates to

Urban RecallI read this almost 12 months ago, which makes it difficult to recall and recount the tone of the writing. However, I would like to make some general comments about the novel.An Abstract High Concept Novel In one sense, it is an abstract high concept novel. What does this mean? It's high concept in the sense that it takes a basic concept and explores it in detail. And it doesn't stray very far away from that concept. It's not "Snakes on a Plane". It's far more abstract than that.The

Ugh, I feel like such a jerk. This book has received such praise, so my expecations were pretty high. I had read more than my fair share of excellent reviews, so I felt I was in for a treat.I really tried to like this - I really did. I thought the premise was absolutely brilliant. I just felt like it was either his prose or just the way the story itself came together that I didn't "get". I've yet to read a book that made me feel so confused.Please don't hate me goodreaders! I tried, I really

This book kind of makes my head hurt. Unlike the two previous novels I've read by Mieville, this one takes his outlandish and strange and doesn't put them into their own world, but into ours. Somewhere in our world there are two Cities, they are neighbors to one another and passage between them is strictly monitored and enforced. These two cities are sort of rivals and don't really like each other much, and they actually occupy pretty much the exact same geographical space as one another. The

This was such a solid read. I listened to the audiobook which was at that 10-hour sweet spot I love. And overall the story was incredibly well-crafted and engaging. The way that Mieville blends the detective/crime fiction genre with pseudo-sci-fi elements was really ingenious. It was complex and imaginative but never too hard to follow. I would highly recommend this one to people who enjoy either crime novels or sci-fi, but with a twist. He goes beyond the expectations of both genres and

The premise is extraordinarily interesting and meticulously developed. The question posed: what if two opposed cities existed side by side (with more than an occasional overlap) but were separated, not by an actual wall like East and West Berlin, but by the deeply inculturated habit of deliberate ignorance, a studied denial of the other, a fierce determination not to see? The central dilemma: when a murder is committed in one city, and the body is dumped in the other, how do the detectives

This has got to be one of the most interesting conceits for a novel I've ever read. A city that's divided not so much physically as mentally. As in: you're not supposed to notice people from the "other" city, even if they're right across the street, and people are so thoroughly trained in this not-seeing that seeing itself has become the ultimate taboo. If that sounds mind-blowing, it's because it is. Layer on top of that a murder mystery, and you have the makings of a terrific and incredibly