“Miéville's slow-burn narrative is by turns amusing and horrifying, mixing Philip K. “ Embassytown is a fully achieved work of art.” “ Embassytown may not be the colorful space opera that many were anticipating-it’s a novel that demands and earns reflection-but it might well be one that offers, in Conrad’s terms, ‘‘that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask.’’

The result is a world masterfully wrecked and rebuilt.” “Miéville’s brilliant storytelling shines most when Avice works through problems and solutions that develop from the Hosts’ unique and convoluted linguistic evolution, and many of the most intriguing characters are the Hosts themselves. Lettered: 26 copies, bound in leather, signed by author, housed in a custom traycase Limited: 500 numbered hardcovers, fully bound in cloth, signed by author The result is an intellectual adventure of the highest order, a distinguished addition to an imposing-and constantly surprising-body of work. It is also, most centrally, a meditation on the power and infinitely varied possibilities of language itself. Then one day a new, utterly unexpected Ambassador arrives…Įmbassytown is a novel about diplomacy and conflict in a vividly created alien society. That relationship, which is mediated by a group of unique linguists, the Ambassadors, has proceeded in relative tranquility for many years. It is a world in which humans and “exots” co-exist with the indigenous, enigmatic Ariekei-otherwise known as Hosts.

Her world is as mysterious, complex, and exotic as any you will ever encounter. Immerser Avice Benner Cho has returned to her childhood home, from her adventures in the Out. Welcome to Arieka, the distant, densely imagined planet that serves as principal setting for China Miéville’s extraordinary new novel, Embassytown.

Embassytown by China Miéville