Jade War: The Green Bone Saga, cartea 2
Autor Fonda Leeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iul 2019
Tradusă din limba engleză, Jade War reușește să păstreze intactă acea tensiune culturală și terminologică ce face ca The Green Bone Saga să fie o experiență literară unică; deși orice traducere riscă să piardă din nuanțele dialectelor locale imaginate de Fonda Lee, textul câștigă o nouă dimensiune prin adaptarea termenilor de onoare și ierarhie. Observăm în acest al doilea volum o expansiune ambițioasă a lumii: dacă primul volum se concentra pe luptele de stradă din Janloon, acum miza devine globală. Remarcăm un sistem magic de o rigoare biologică fascinantă — jadul nu este doar un simbol al statutului, ci o resursă geologică rară care oferă puteri supranaturale doar celor antrenați, dar cu un cost fizic și psihic imens. Subliniem modul în care autoarea împletește elementele de 'urban fantasy' cu structura unui thriller politic modern. La intersecția dintre Jade City și The Bone Shard War, această carte combină brutalitatea războaielor între clanuri cu o explorare profundă a modului în care identitatea culturală este amenințată de globalizare. Față de lucrările sale anterioare, precum The Last Contract of Isako, unde explorase deja tema onoarei războinicului în contexte corporatiste, Fonda Lee rafinează aici echilibrul dintre tactica militară și drama de familie, transformând jadul dintr-un simplu obiect magic într-o monedă de schimb geopolitică.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0356510530
Pagini: 624
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 50 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Orbit
Seria The Green Bone Saga
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm Jade War cititorilor care caută un sistem magic integrat organic în economie și politică. Veți câștiga o perspectivă matură asupra loialității familiale, într-o lume unde onoarea se ciocnește de pragmatismul modern. Este lectura ideală pentru cei care au apreciat Jade City și doresc să vadă cum un conflict local se transformă într-un joc de șah mondial, unde fiecare fragment de jad poate răsturna balanța puterii.
Despre autor
Fonda Lee, născută și crescută în Canada, aduce o perspectivă rară în literatura fantasy, combinând rigoarea anilor petrecuți ca strateg corporatist pentru companii Fortune 500 cu disciplina artelor marțiale, fiind deținătoare a centurii negre. Această dualitate se reflectă în Jade War, unde strategiile de piață sunt la fel de letale ca luptele cu sabia. Stabilită în Portland, Oregon, ea a devenit o voce de referință în genul speculativ, fiind premiată cu World Fantasy Award pentru capacitatea de a construi lumi complexe și sisteme magice care funcționează după reguli economice și biologice stricte.
Descriere
In Jade War, the sequel to the Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy Award-nominated Jade City, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honour and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis.
Notă biografică
Fonda Lee is the Nebula and Locus Award nominated author of Jade City and the award-winning YA science fiction novels Zeroboxer and Exo. Born and raised in Canada, Lee is a black belt martial artist, a former corporate strategist, and action movie aficionado who now lives in Portland, Oregon with her family.
Recenzii
"Jade City has it all: a beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. What a fun, gripping read!"—Ann Leckie, author of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novel Ancillary Justice
"Lee's astute worldbuilding raises the stakes for her vivid and tautly-described action scenes." —Scott Lynch, New York Times-bestselling author of The Lies of Locke Lamora, on Jade City
"Lee draws on her Chinese heritage, passion for gangster stories, and strong writing to launch a Godfather-inspired fantasy series that mixes bold martial-arts action and vivid worldbuilding. The result is terrific."—Library Journal (Pick of the Month, starred review) on Jade City
"As this ambitious and complex story unfolds, Lee (Exo) skillfully juggles a huge cast. Her action scenes are flashy, brutal, and cinematic, while the family dynamics hold their own weight and significance. This is an engaging blend of crime drama and Asian martial arts film tropes.... an intense, satisfying experience."—Publishers Weekly on Jade City
"Intricate, fast-moving, and brazen, Jade City elevates the fantasy crime novel to something really special. A sharp and insightful new voice."—Elizabeth Bear, winner of the Hugo and Locus Awards
"With a powerful family of complex characters -- including my favorite, Kaul Shaelinsan -- Jade City beckons readers to secret family meetings and public battles between warring clans. With magical jade at stake, winning the battle for control of a city has never been more important, or more dangerous. Fonda Lee's first adult novel is a fast-hitting, tantalizing, sometimes unsettling, and always insightful book with a wealth of power at its core. A modern-day epic."—Fran Wilde, award-winning author of Updraft, Cloudbound, and Horizon
"How does a book make me giddy and heartbroken at the same time? Jade City delivers intrigue, family drama, and martial arts magic that feels absolutely real."—Mary Robinette Kowal
"Fast cars, brilliant characters, and gangster kung-fu! Swift, intricate, and vicious as a talon knife, Fonda Lee's Jade City will pull you into a world of deft intrigue, hard choices, and bloody loyalty. Lee's written the postcolonial Godfather hiding under the surface of the Avatar: the Last Airbender universe -- and it's a fantastic read."—Max Gladstone, Hugo Award-nominated author of the Craft Sequence
"An atmospheric, gritty noir tale of family loyalties, martial arts and power struggles in a city that feels so real it becomes a character in its own right. Jade City is epic drama writ large."—Aliette de Bodard, winner of the Nebula, Locus, and British Science Fiction Awards
"If you like extremely tense political maneuvering and intrigue, you will love Jade City. Fonda Lee is the new Mario Puzo; Jade City has officially dethroned The Godfather."—Sarah Gailey, Hugo and Campbell Award finalist
"Lee has a supreme talent for world-building.... A fierce, energetic and stylish story that will keep you engrossed from start to end."—Culturefly on Jade City
"Well-formed characters and impeccable world building."—Booklist on Jade City
"An instantly absorbing tale of blood, honor, family and magic, spiced with unexpectedly tender character beats."—NPR on Jade City
"An absolutely blistering read. The characters are perfectly three dimensional. The plot is thrilling and the action sequences are damn near perfect.... I cannot recommend Jade City highly enough."—The Eloquent Page
"Dynamic fight scenes and vibrant world-building bring to life this sharp, memorable story of a family caught up in a ferocious gang war."—Kate Elliott on Jade City
"I'm going to have to read Jade City again, slowly, to fully take in all the Cool Stuff, because the story dragged me through by the scruff of the neck. What a ride! I love this book."—Steven Brust
"A sweeping saga of ambition, loyalty, and family in a gritty, densely-imagined island city. Fonda Lee explores the tension between what is owed to family, country, and yourself in a high-stakes, high-octane game of power and control."—Tina Connolly, Nebula-nominated author of Ironskin, on Jade City
"Exquisite writing, explosive fighting -- Jade City is as rich and deadly as the Green Bones warriors who stalk its pages. I tore through this book like bullets through a fine restaurant in hotly disputed territory."—Heidi Heilig
"An ambitious statement.... Unforgettable."—Book Page on Jade City
"An addictive read with intense martial arts action and high-stakes character drama. I'll never look at jade the same way again."—Beth Cato on Jade City
"Propulsive plot.... A world that will be hard to forget."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Jade City