Ice - Couverture rigide

Dukaj, Jacek

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1786697289 ISBN 13 : 9781786697288

Editeur : Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book, 2025

Synopsis

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A Trans-Siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues, and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien.

14th July 1924: In a Warsaw buried under feet of snow and Russian rule, Benedykt Gieroslawski, a dissolute young Polish mathematician, is roused from his bed by two officials from the Ministry of Winter and dispatched to Siberia, on the Trans-Siberian Express, to track down his long-exiled father.

The catalyst for this frosty metamorphosis of 20th century history is the impact of the Tunguska asteroid, deep in Siberia, in 1908. From this Ground Zero, emerge the Gleissen, silent harbingers of an eternal winter that follows in their ponderous wake. As they spread across the continent, agriculture collapses and people flock to cities as they seek protection from the deadly cold. As the land freezes, so does history: the Tsar still rules Russia; the Belle Époque endures; and the First World War never happened.

But out there, on the ice, a new world is being forged. The extreme, alien cold has transmuted elements into strange new forms, a 'black physics' that is the catalyst for a new industrial and scientific revolution. At the heart of it lies Siberia - a 'Wild East', a magnet for all the political, religious and scientific fevers shaking the world at the dawn of the 20th century, the crucible where black physics, shamanic lore and the cold logic of winter combine. And Benedykt's final destination.

Will he embrace the ice, or destroy it?

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jacek Dukaj read his first Stanislaw Lem novel at the age of six, published his first short story at the age of sixteen and has gone on to publish numerous novels, novellas, short stories, and essays. His works have been translated into nineteen languages. A short animated movie by Tomasz Baginski based on his novella Katedra (The Cathedral) was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003. In 2020, Netflix released series Into the Night based on his novel Starosc aksolotla (The Old Axolotl). Among other literary prizes, Dukaj has won a European Literary Award and a Koscielski Award. He lives in Cracow.

Ursula Phillips is a translator of Polish literary and academic works and Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A Trans-Siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues, and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1786697289
• ISBN 13: 9781786697288
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 1200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Papendorpseweg 99; Utrecht; 3528 BJ; Pays-Bas