📗 Libro en inglés STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS

A science fiction genius Ted Chiang is a superstar The Guardian With Stories of Your Life and Others his masterful debut collection multiple award winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably varied stories From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth to the firmament above to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality Chiang s unique imagination invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it The title novella Story of Your Life was the basis for the Academy Award winning film Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner United by a humane intelligence that speaks very directly to the reader and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang s calm passion China Miéville author of The City & The City Part of the Picador Collection a series showcasing the best of modern literateure