{"product_id":"the-last-days-of-new-paris-china-mieville-9781447296577","title":"The Last Days of New Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thriller of war that never was - of survival in an impossible city - of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Mieville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beauty will be convulsive. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer - and occult disciple - Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts-and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties - to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR CHINA MIEVILLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Mieville s] wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing.\" Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian (on Three Moments of an Explosion) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dark and thought-provoking.\" The San Diego Union-Tribune (on The City \u0026amp; The City) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Richly conceived.\" The New York Times Book Review (on Embassytown)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mieville more than delivers.\" San Francisco Chronicle (on Kraken)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Compulsively readable.\" The Washington Post Book World (on Perdido Street Station)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"China Mieville","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43176131559667,"sku":"9781447296577","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781447296577.jpg?v=1662082675","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-last-days-of-new-paris-china-mieville-9781447296577","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}