The City & the City

Name: The City & the City
ISBN: 9780345497529

by China Miéville

Arthur C. · 2010 · WinnerLocus Award · 2010 · WinnerWorld Fantasy · 2010 · Winner

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Del ReyMay 26, 2009Science Fiction & Fantasy Mystery & CrimeISBN 9780345497529

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Arthur C. Clarke Award	2010	Winner	“China Miéville won his third Clarke Award for a novel that pushed the boundaries of both SF and crime fiction—a police procedural set in an impossible divided city that only sociology and will keep separate.”
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	2010	Winner	“China Miéville's dual-city detective novel won the Locus Fantasy award for its astonishing conceptual originality—two cities occupying the same space, kept apart by will and social enforcement.”
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2010	Winner	“China Miéville's dual-city novel swept multiple awards including the World Fantasy, recognized for a premise with no precedent in fantasy—a city divided by perception rather than physical barrier.”

About This Book

In the twin cities of Beszel and Ul Qoma, which physically occupy the same space yet are separate nations, a detective investigates a murder that forces him to confront the mysterious entity called Breach—which enforces the cities' impossible separation.

About the Author

China MiévilleGB

China Miéville is a British author, academic, and political activist, widely regarded as one of the most important speculative fiction writers of his generation. He won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Embassytown (2012) and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel twice (for The City & the City in 2010 and Kraken in 2011). He has also won the Arthur C. Read more →