Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar
Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar
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Unholy Land

Author: Lavie Tidhar

Narrator: Andrew Fallaize

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/16/2018

Synopsis

The author of the critically acclaimed, Campbell Award–winning Central Station returns with a subversive new novel evoking The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and The City and the City.When pulp-fiction writer Lior Tirosh returns to his homeland in East Africa, much has changed. Palestina―a Jewish state established in the early 20th century―is constructing a massive border wall to keep out African refugees. Unrest in the capital, Ararat, is at fever pitch.While searching for his missing niece, Tirosh begins to act as though he is a detective from one of his own novels. He is pursued by ruthless members of the state’s security apparatus while unearthing deadly conspiracies and impossible realities. For if it is possible for more than one Palestina to exist, the barriers between the worlds are beginning to break.

About Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar is an acclaimed author of science fiction, fantasy, and graphic novels, as well as middle grade fiction. He has won the British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards, among others. He is editor of the Apex Best of World Science Fiction series and a columnist for the Washington Post. His speaking appearances include Cambridge University, PEN, and the Singapore Writers Festival. He has been a guest of honor at book conventions in Japan, Poland, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, China, and elsewhere. He is a visiting professor and writer in residence at the American International University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magrat

"El mundo es la suma de lo que podría ser, lo que podría haber sido y cómo podría haber sido" Esta es básicamente la mejor historia de realidades paralelas que he leído. Además, es una novela que juega con el lector una y otra vez, que lo engaña con esos narradores y su juego de espejos, que empieza s......more

Goodreads review by Gary

Lavie Tidhar’s sci-fantasies swirl around in a nexus of dreams and memories and imagined realities, soaking through pages of pulpy detective potboilers and silver-age sci-fi brain benders. They are also intensely personal, perhaps none more so than his new novel, Unholy Land. The novel’s hero, a wri......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

Lior Tirosh, the main character in Lavie Tidhar's novel, may as well be the author. I mean, the author certainly seems to think so, both being more or less a self-described semi-successful pulp-fiction writer of SF, and like writers being in their own stories, they tend to go absolutely nuts on the......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle

This book was another amazing mindfuck from the brain of Mr. Lavie Tidhar and I loved it! It's weird, self-referential, thought-provoking and tinged with sadness. If Philip K. Dick had been Jewish and written Mieville's "The City & the City" ([URL not allowed]), this is the bo......more

Quotes

“Tidhar will leave readers’ heads spinning with this disorienting and gripping alternate history…Readers of all kinds, and particularly fans of detective stories and puzzles, will enjoy grappling with the numerous questions raised by this stellar work.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Unholy Land is a wonder and a revelation―a work of science fiction capable of enthralling audiences across the multiverse.” Foreword (starred review)

“Adventurous readers will appreciate this well-written and ambitious book. It should find a place at any library that offers high-quality literary fiction.” Booklist

“Lavie Tidhar does it again. A jeweled little box of miracles. Magnificent.” Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine

“Will leave you dazzled and delighted.” Ian McDonald, author of Time Was

Awards

  • Publishers Weekly Best Book
  • Verge Pick
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