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The Book of Phoenix
Nnedi Okorafor
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Description for The Book of Phoenix
Paperback. The stunning stand-alone prequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning Who Fears Death by the author of Lagoon. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics' Ursula K. LeGuin Prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death. *** ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD FINALIST*** They call her many things - a research project, a test-subject, a specimen. An abomination. But she calls herself Phoenix, an 'accelerated woman' - a genetic experiment grown and raised in Manhattan's famous Tower 7, the only home she has ever known. Although she's only ... Read more
'There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics' Ursula K. LeGuin Prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death. *** ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD FINALIST*** They call her many things - a research project, a test-subject, a specimen. An abomination. But she calls herself Phoenix, an 'accelerated woman' - a genetic experiment grown and raised in Manhattan's famous Tower 7, the only home she has ever known. Although she's only ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
178g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444762808
SKU
V9781444762808
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About Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor is the author of numerous novels and short stories, including Zahrah the Windseeker, which won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature, Who Fears Death, winner of the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel,and Lagoon, which Ngugi wa Thiong'o, author of Wizard of the Crow, calls 'a thing of magic and beauty.' She ... Read more
Reviews for The Book of Phoenix
The Book of Phoenix isn't just well written, and it isn't just smart as hell; it's also a damn good story . . . Original, sharp, thoughtful and evocative
Tor.com
While the grim logic of the plot makes it very clear early on how the plot must play out, the process is as entrancing as watching an avalanche ... Read more
Tor.com
While the grim logic of the plot makes it very clear early on how the plot must play out, the process is as entrancing as watching an avalanche ... Read more