This is Jeff VanderMeer's outstanding debut novel. Its powerful prose has been likened to Dante's Divine Comedy and J. G. Ballard's writings, taking reader on an unforgettable journey exploring the limits of love, memory and obsession. This edition includes the novella Balzac's War.
Jeff VanderMeer is an award-winning novelist and editor. His fiction has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in the Library of America's American Fantastic Tales and multiple year's best anthologies. He writes non-fiction for the Washington Post, the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, and the Guardian, among others. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife.
A Dantesque journey . . . a nightmare vision that shows off
VanderMeer's many virtues
*Guardian*
An outstanding first novel brimming with startling ideas
*The Scotsman*
Masterful . . . Not for the faint of heart, the story packs a
strong emotional wallop
*Publishers Weekly*
The denouement is as powerful as any I have read
*Guardian*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
