Embassytown

by China Miéville

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345524500
• ISBN13: 9780345524508
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.1"