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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
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2011
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- Titolo
- Embassytown
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- China Miéville
- Editore
- Macmillan Publishers Ltd
- Pubblicato
- 2011
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 416
- ISBN10
- 0230750761
- ISBN13
- 9780230750760
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Fantasy, Fantascienza, Science fantasy, Linguistica, Space opera, Steampunk, Civilizzazioni extraterrestri, Weird & New Weird, Premio Locus Poll, Ambasciatori, Interlinguistica
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2011
- Titolo originale
- Embassytown
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.