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Senlin Ascends de Josiah Bancroft

Senlin Ascends

Autor Josiah Bancroft
Notă:  4.00 · o notă - 1 recenzie 
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 ian 2018

Pășind în paginile acestui roman, cititorul va simți imediat o stare de vertij intelectual și fascinație pură. În Senlin Ascends, descoperim o lume construită cu o migală arhitecturală rară, unde Turnul Babel nu este doar un decor, ci un organism viu, opresiv și infinit de inventiv. Atmosfera este una de anticipare tensionată, amestecată cu un umor fin, aproape britanic, în ciuda situației disperate a protagonistului. Putem afirma că forța cărții rezidă în contrastul dintre rigoarea morală a lui Thomas Senlin, un învățător de provincie rigid, și haosul imoral al „ringdom-urilor” — statele-nivel ale turnului, fiecare cu propriile legi, tehnologii și vicii. Găsim aici un sistem de lume bazat nu pe magie convențională, ci pe o mecanică steampunk distorsionată și pe o birocrație care amintește de coșmarurile kafkiene. Imaginați-vă tensiunea lingvistică și politică din Babel de R.F. Kuang, mutată într-un decor de verticalitate infinită, unde fiecare etaj reprezintă o nouă probă de supraviețuire. Această lucrare marchează începutul unei saga ambițioase, continuată în Arm of the Sphinx și The Hod King, unde Josiah Bancroft își rafinează stilul caracterizat prin introspecție și world-building baroc. Față de scrierile sale mai recente, cum este The Hexologists, care înclină spre investigația paranormală, acest volum rămâne piatra de temelie a operei sale, o explorare profundă a modului în care mediul poate corupe sau eleva spiritul uman.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780316517911
ISBN-10: 0316517917
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 141 x 210 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Orbit

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Victor Tanasa a dat nota:

4.5* Is this what steampunk is like? If so, I like it. Gotta be honest though, I expected more steam and more punk, but you do get the latter by the end of the book. The start was a bit underwhelming - I wasn't as amazed as I thought I would be by the world building. The tower was indeed interesting, but it didn't wow me. The steam powered machines that I was expecting were mostly absent and Senlin wasn't all that likable. One kept meeting characters that seem to disappear after a couple of dozen pages. Midway through though, Senlin loses some of his naivete and takes charge of his own fate; we learn that not all is as it seems in the ecosystem of the tower and previously discarded characters make a reappearance. It was about here that the story started being great and I was absolutely hooked. Cool characters, unique setting, great action. Quite recommended.

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Recomandăm această carte oricărui cititor care caută o experiență literară ce sfidează granițele genului fantasy. Senlin Ascends nu oferă doar o aventură captivantă, ci o reflecție asupra ambiției și pierderii într-un cadru de o originalitate debordantă. Veți câștiga acces la una dintre cele mai memorabile structuri narative din literatura contemporană, fiind lectura ideală pentru fanii prozei de atmosferă și ai lumilor ingenios construite.

Despre autor

Josiah Bancroft este un scriitor american care a captat atenția lumii literare prin debutul său surprinzător în seria The Books of Babel. Înainte de a se dedica scrisului de beletristică, Bancroft a avut un parcurs eclectic, fiind instructor universitar, muzician rock și artist de benzi desenate, experiențe care se reflectă în ritmul vizual și lirismul prozei sale. Cunoscut pentru abilitatea de a îmbina elemente de science fiction, steampunk și critică socială, autorul a fost tradus în opt limbi. În prezent, locuiește în Philadelphia, unde continuă să exploreze noi fațete ale literaturii fantastice, menținându-și reputația de creator de lumi inegalabile.

Descriere scurtă

The first book in the word-of-mouth phenomenon debut fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world.

"One of my favorite books of all time" - Mark Lawrence

The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of luxury and menace, of unusual animals and mysterious machines.

Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya, in the overwhelming swarm of tourists, residents, and miscreants.

Senlin is determined to find Marya, but to do so he'll have to navigate madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters. He must survive betrayal, assassins, and the illusions of the Tower. But if he hopes to find his wife, he will have to do more than just endure.

This quiet man of letters must become a man of action.

The Books of Babel
Senlin Ascends
Arm of the Sphinx

Notă biografică

Josiah Bancroft started writing novels when he was twelve, and by the time he finished his first, he was an addict. Eventually, the writing of Senlin Ascends began, a fantasy adventure, not so unlike the stories that got him addicted to words in the first place. He wanted to do for others what his favorite writers had done for him: namely, to pick them up and to carry them to a wonderful and perilous world that is spinning very fast. If he's done that with this book, then he's happy.
Josiah lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Sharon, their daughter Maddie, and their two rabbits, Mabel and Chaplin.

Recenzii

"It's rare to find a modern book that feels like a timeless classic. I'm wildly in love with this book."—Pierce Brown, author of Red Rising and Iron Gold
"Senlin Ascends is one of the best reads I've had in ages . . . I was dragged in and didn't escape until I'd finished two or three days later."—Mark Lawrence, author of Prince of Thorns
"Wonderfully unique and superbly well written. I loved every page."—Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld
"The "Books of Babel" are something you hope to see perhaps once a decade - future classics, which may be remembered long after the series concludes."—Los Angeles Times on The Hod King
"Senlin is a man worth rooting for, and his strengthening resolve and character is as marvelous and sprawling as the tower he climbs."—The Washington Post
"What is remarkable about this novel, quite apart from its rich, allusive prose, is Bancroft's portrayal of Senlin, a good man in a desperate situation, and the way he changes in response to his experiences in his ascent."—The Guardian
"Senlin Ascends crosses the everyday strangeness and lyrical prose of Borges and Gogol with all the action and adventure of high fantasy. I loved it, and grabbed the next one as soon as I turned the last page."—Django Wexler, author of The Thousand Names
"With deceptive simplicity Bancroft brings this gothic place and its denizens to a colourful life...I loved it!"—Adrian Selby, author of Snakewood
"Senlin Ascends is an adventure rife with character, voice and beauty-a well-polished knife drawn out slowly."—Sam Sykes, author of The City Stained Red
"Senlin Ascends is a unique masterpiece. A brilliant debut. Highly recommended!"—Michael R. Fletcher, author of Beyond Redemption
"Ticks along with the tight precision and artistry of a well-wound watch."—Kirkus
"This is fantasy storytelling of a high order."—The Toronto Star
"More than deserving of advance buzz and initial self-published success, Josiah Bancroft's Senlin Ascends is an early contender for year-end best lists, and a towering achievement in weird fantasy."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"Brilliant debut fantasy . . . This novel goes off like a firework and suggests even greater things in the author's future."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This is an exceedingly rich book. A depth of imagination married with a poetic turn of phrase and an engaging cast of characters conspire to deliver an epic story soaring high above the clouds."
—Fantasy Faction
"Like a blend of Kafka's The Castle and Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, Josiah Bancroft's ambitious first chapter in his The Books of Babel series is an impressive display of imagination and humor."—SciFiNow

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