Fugue for a Darkening Island
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Fugue for a Darkening Island
By (Author) Christopher Priest
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
9th August 2011
9th June 2011
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1973 (UK)
Physical Properties
Paperback
208
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 20mm
187g
Description
Survivors of a terrible African war flee their blighted continent and look for refuge in the countries of the West. But Britain is falling into civil war and anarchy.
One of Christopher Priest's earliest novels, FUGUE FOR A DARKENING ISLAND is a powerful work whose subject matter has become increasingly relevant in recent years.Reviews
it is startling how relevant this 40 year-old novel is, even today ... His prose is finely honed, his grasp of structure and tone a thing of darkly sparkling beauty, redolent of an elegance, a grace * STARBURST MAGAZINE *
Author Bio
Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (The James Tait Black Award and a major genre prize The World Fantasy Award); THE SEPARATION won both the Arthur C Clarke and the British Science Fiction Awards. He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983.
