Shriek: An Afterword Av Jeff Vandermeer

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From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword. An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris¿previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer¿s acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen¿Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies. Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice¿s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technolog

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From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris-previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen-Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice's brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.After reading this introduction to the Family Shriek-part academic treatise, part tell-all biography-you'll never look at history in quite the same way.

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Oppdag magien med Shriek: An Afterword Av Jeff Vandermeer

Shriek: An Afterword er ikke bare en bok; det er en episk reise inn i en verden av liv, kjærlighet og død i den surrealistiske byen Ambergris. Skrevet av den anerkjente forfatteren Jeff VanderMeer, kjent for sine tidligere verk som Borne og Annihilation, gir denne utgivelsen en gripende og følelsesladet fortelling som vil fenge lesere i alle aldre.

En historie om familie, hemmeligheter og bykonflikter

I Shriek: An Afterword møter vi Janice Shriek, en tidligere samfunnsfigur som med lidenskap og intensitet gir oss et unikt innblikk i familiens turbulente hemmeligheter. Gjennom Janices øyne utforsker vi:

Et brennende kærlighetsforhold som kan koste liv
Kampen mellom rivaliserende forlag som former fremtiden til Ambergris
Etniske grupper som gråhattene, med deres avanserte soppteteknologier, som har ventet på sin sjanse til å forandre byens skjebne

En uforglemmelig leseropplevelse

Med en stil som kombinerer både akademiske perspektiver og biografiske elementer, gir Shriek: An Afterword oss en gripende introduksjon til Familien Shriek. Etter å ha lest denne boken, vil du garantert se på historie med nye øyne.

En bok for alle litteraturelskere

Enten du er en erfaren leser eller en nysgjerrig nybegynner, vil du finne Shriek: An Afterword Av Jeff Vandermeer både grensesprengende og tankevekkende. Gjør deg klar for et følelsesladet dypdykk i en verden full av intriger og mysterier!

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