I Hear a New World
Autor Alan Mooreen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 iun 2027
It's 1958 and Dennis Knuckleyard has decided to leave his adventures in the Great When in the past where they belong. For nine years, he's avoided so much as thinking about the magical version of London, until he rediscovers an unpleasant reminder of his last adventure-a key that he'd secretly brought into his own world from the other for safekeeping.
But while Dennis may believe he's done with the Great When, it's far from done with him. When Dennis gives the key to a friend, its magical properties reawaken, bringing creatures from the other world into Dennis's and sparking riots in Notting Hill. Even worse, Dennis's old crush Grace Shilling has been forced into the Great When to investigate strange happenings in both cities.
Desperate to keep Grace safe, Dennis follows her into Long London. But once inside the other city, it will not let him go again so easily, and Dennis and Grace must fight to set things right in the Great When and their own world, or forever lose their lives-and each other.
Full of Moore's characteristically stunning world building and rollicking prose, I Hear a New World is the extraordinary second adventure in the Long London series.
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ISBN-13: 9798260202036
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury USA
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury USA
Notă biografică
Alan Moore is widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics. His seminal works include From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Lost Girls. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Jerusalem and The Great When. He was born in Northampton and has lived there ever since.
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'Extraordinary' Susanna Clarke, bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
A continuation of The Great When; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real - by a legend of modern fantasy
It's 1958. A time of Rock and Roll, of protest, riot and change. and London is full of danger. Dennis Knuckleyard is finally growing up, and above all he wants to leave the Great When in the past. For nine years, he's avoided so much as thinking about the magical shadow version of London, managing even to palm off what should've been his last souvenir of that experience - an iron key he secretly brought back.
But while Dennis may believe he's done with the Great When, it's not done with him. The unsuspecting rube now in possession of the key has discovered its magical properties, bringing forth mythic, occult beings into Dennis's London and sparking riots in the capital. Worse still, Dennis hears his first love Grace has returned to the Great When to investigate strange happenings in both cities.
Desperate to keep Grace safe and return London to normal, Dennis follows her back into the hidden city. But once it has him back, The Great When will not let him go away again so easily. He and Grace must fight to set things right or forever lose everything.
Electrifying, absurd, magical and more true than you might believe, I Hear A New World takes the reader back to Long London for a thrilling and fantastical second instalment.
Praise for The Great When: the first book in a new series by Sunday Times-bestseller and icon, Alan Moore.
'A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying' Iain Sinclair
'Brilliant and so powerfully imaginative' Adam Curtis
'A weird book and a complete joy' Mariana Enríquez
'Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience' Susanna Clarke
'Extraordinary' Susanna Clarke, bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
A continuation of The Great When; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real - by a legend of modern fantasy
It's 1958. A time of Rock and Roll, of protest, riot and change. and London is full of danger. Dennis Knuckleyard is finally growing up, and above all he wants to leave the Great When in the past. For nine years, he's avoided so much as thinking about the magical shadow version of London, managing even to palm off what should've been his last souvenir of that experience - an iron key he secretly brought back.
But while Dennis may believe he's done with the Great When, it's not done with him. The unsuspecting rube now in possession of the key has discovered its magical properties, bringing forth mythic, occult beings into Dennis's London and sparking riots in the capital. Worse still, Dennis hears his first love Grace has returned to the Great When to investigate strange happenings in both cities.
Desperate to keep Grace safe and return London to normal, Dennis follows her back into the hidden city. But once it has him back, The Great When will not let him go away again so easily. He and Grace must fight to set things right or forever lose everything.
Electrifying, absurd, magical and more true than you might believe, I Hear A New World takes the reader back to Long London for a thrilling and fantastical second instalment.
Praise for The Great When: the first book in a new series by Sunday Times-bestseller and icon, Alan Moore.
'A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying' Iain Sinclair
'Brilliant and so powerfully imaginative' Adam Curtis
'A weird book and a complete joy' Mariana Enríquez
'Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience' Susanna Clarke
Recenzii
Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience
A riotous tour of occult London . . . a sustained feat of bravura brilliance. Bring on the next instalment.
Think Terry Pratchett writing one of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London novels - but still unmistakeably Alan. This has 'massive hit' written all over it
It's a romp, and it's full of loving attention to the past . . . Freed from the tyranny of the speech bubble, you sense Moore is really, really having fun
I Hear a New World is more speculative fantasy than crime fiction, yet it has enough criminous content to enchant mystery readers . Mr. Moore, who has created acclaimed comic books and fiction, draws on all his talents in crafting this lurid collage of English culture past, present and future
A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying: and that's just the first page. Now read on
Wonderfully immersive . . . a heady tumble of language, full of allusions and ripe adjectives
An absolute blast, following its characters through alternate versions of London. It's a thrilling voyage through one city's uncanny history
A profound, gorgeous novel of secret magics and lost souls
A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, often hilarious exploration of a dreamlike version of London
Alan Moore is a visionary artist and a myth maker, and in The Great When he delivers the mystical core of the occult tradition of London
A powerful, imaginative and beautiful battering ram that blasts through the narrow, static vision of the world we have today.
A portent of even greater wonders yet to come
A masterful step from one of our very best, uncompromising storytellers
Just as brilliant and entertaining as his best comics work.
Electrifying, absurd, magical and true, I Hear a New World is a literary masterpiece
A riotous tour of occult London . . . a sustained feat of bravura brilliance. Bring on the next instalment.
Think Terry Pratchett writing one of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London novels - but still unmistakeably Alan. This has 'massive hit' written all over it
It's a romp, and it's full of loving attention to the past . . . Freed from the tyranny of the speech bubble, you sense Moore is really, really having fun
I Hear a New World is more speculative fantasy than crime fiction, yet it has enough criminous content to enchant mystery readers . Mr. Moore, who has created acclaimed comic books and fiction, draws on all his talents in crafting this lurid collage of English culture past, present and future
A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying: and that's just the first page. Now read on
Wonderfully immersive . . . a heady tumble of language, full of allusions and ripe adjectives
An absolute blast, following its characters through alternate versions of London. It's a thrilling voyage through one city's uncanny history
A profound, gorgeous novel of secret magics and lost souls
A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, often hilarious exploration of a dreamlike version of London
Alan Moore is a visionary artist and a myth maker, and in The Great When he delivers the mystical core of the occult tradition of London
A powerful, imaginative and beautiful battering ram that blasts through the narrow, static vision of the world we have today.
A portent of even greater wonders yet to come
A masterful step from one of our very best, uncompromising storytellers
Just as brilliant and entertaining as his best comics work.
Electrifying, absurd, magical and true, I Hear a New World is a literary masterpiece