Description
Winner of the British Fantasy Award, The Scar by China Mieville is a colossal fantasy of incredible diversity and spellbinding imagination, set in the richly visualized world of Bas-Lag.
A human cargo bound for servitude in exile . . .
A pirate city hauled across the oceans . . .
A hidden miracle about be revealed . . .
These are the ingredients of an astonishing story. It is the story of a prisoner's journey. Of the search for the island of a forgotten people, for the most astonishing beast in the seas, and ultimately for a fabled place - a massive wound in reality, a source of unthinkable power and danger.
From the author of Perdido Street Station, an epic and breathtaking fantasy of extraordinary imagination
About the Author
China Mieville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award (Perdido Street Station, Iron Council and The City & The City) and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice (Perdido Street Station and The Scar). The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published in 2009 to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell (The Times) and Philip K. Dick (Guardian). The richly imagined Bas-Lag world is the setting for the novels Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council.
Awards
Winner of Locus Award Best Fantasy Novel 2003 (UK). Short-listed for The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2003 (UK) and BSFA Award for Best Novel 2003 (UK) and Hugo Award For Best Novel 2003 (United States) and World Fantasy Awards Best Novel 2003 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9780330534314
Author China Mieville
Format Paperback
Page Count 816
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 536g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 131mm * 50mm
