Name: surface detail
SKU: 4370896
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Author: Iain M. Banks
ISBN: 9780316123419

Type

Physical Book

Author

Iain M. Banks

Publisher

Orbit

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

656

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x14x4.6 cm

Weight

0.57 kg.

ISBN13

9780316123419

Synopsis "surface detail"

Surface Detail is among Iain M. Banks' Culture novels, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science fiction. It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture. Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful -- and arguably deranged -- warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war -- brutal, far-reaching -- is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality. It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the center of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether. The Culture Series Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata

Iain M. Banks

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Iain Menzies Banks fue un novelista escocés reconocido por su habilidad para moverse con soltura entre la ficción literaria y la ciencia ficción. Bajo su nombre completo firmó la aclamada saga Culture, universo que consolidó su prestigio internacional por su mezcla de especulación tecnológica, crítica política y humor afilado. Su “Culture – 25th Anniversary Box Set” reúne algunas de las piezas esenciales del ciclo y celebra la influencia de su obra en el género.

A lo largo de su trayectoria también publicó novelas realistas que mostraban una voz intensa, incómoda y muy observadora. Su estilo directo, imaginativo y provocador le convirtió en una referencia para lectores que buscaban mundos complejos y narrativas ambiciosas. La amplitud temática de su trabajo, su consistencia y su capacidad para incomodar y fascinar a partes iguales siguen situándolo como una figura clave de la literatura contemporánea en lengua inglesa.

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