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In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties—to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak yet speaks through her.
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Embassytown, China Miéville
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2011
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- Titel
- Embassytown
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- China Miéville
- Uitgever
- Macmillan Publishers Ltd
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2011
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- Aantal pagina's
- 416
- ISBN10
- 0230750761
- ISBN13
- 9780230750760
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Fantasy, Science-fiction, Science Fantasy, Linguïstiek, Space opera, Steampunk, Buitenaardse beschavingen, Weird & New Weird, Locus Poll Award (prijs), Ambassadeurs, Interlinguïstiek
- Eerste editie
- 2011
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Embassytown
- Beoordeling
- 3,95 van 5
- Aantekening
- In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties—to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak yet speaks through her.