A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSPECIAL TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONWith a new introduction by award-winning author Karen Joy Fowler. The Southern Reach Trilogy begins with Annihilation, the Nebula Award-winning novel that "reads as if Verne or Wellsian adventurers exploring a mysterious island had warped through into a Kafkaesque nightmare world" (Kim Stanley Robinson). Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for years. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. Expeditions into Area X have ended in disaster or death. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the latest expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and the narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers--they discover lifeforms that surpass understanding. But it's the secrets they carried across the border with them that change everything.
Sobre o autor(a)
Vandermeer, Jeff
Jeff VanderMeer: Considerado um dos escritores de ficção mais inusitados do mundo, VanderMeer cresceu nas Ilhas Fiji e passou seis meses viajando pela Ásia, África e Europa antes de retornar aos Estados Unidos. Essas viagens influenciaram profundamente sua ficção. VanderMeer começou a escrever aos 8 anos e publicou seu primeiro conto aos 14. Ao longo de uma carreira de 35 anos, foi quatro vezes vencedor do World Fantasy Award e 19 vezes indicado a esse prêmio. Por onze anos, atuou como co-diretor do Shared Worlds, acampamento para escrita de ficção científica entre adolescentes. |
| ISBN | 9781250824042 |
| Autor(a) | Vandermeer, Jeff |
| Editora | Picador |
| Ano de edição | 2024 |
| Páginas | 224 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 19,10 X 12,90 |