{"product_id":"the-rouse-9781509847402","title":"The Rouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe master of uncanny fiction returns with an epic saga of the blood-soaked twentieth century, filled with secrets, conspiracies, grief and infinite mystery . . .\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making - a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy.  Maur's life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger questions arise . . . Their answers may lie within the dark heart and darker history of an old soldier who shares Maur's obsessions - and is violently pursued by the same unknown, unquiet forces.  So begins a book unlike any other: at once a sprawling saga of a bloody century, and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets and secrets - and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781509847402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 1264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eChina Miéville is a Sunday Times bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction. His novels include The City \u0026amp; The City, Embassytown, and Perdido Street Station. A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction, he has won the World Fantasy, the Hugo, and the Arthur C. Clarke awards, among others. His non-fiction includes a study of international law and a history of the Russian Revolution.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eMiéville’s command of his prose is phenomenal. There is a real sense of life throughout as he seamlessly slips between styles . . . \u003cb\u003eThis is a world that you can truly swim in, and few authors can achieve that\u003c\/b\u003e' * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Miéville has crafted in \u003ci\u003eThe Rouse\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate epic, a controlled sprawl of history and emotional resonance. I felt it in my bones, the undeniable power of a jagged masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rouse\u003c\/i\u003e is affecting, intelligent and, in more than one place, very, very frightening. “Life,” as Miéville writes, “is just a prologue to a ghost story.” \u003cb\u003eThis is a novel destined for a rich afterlife\u003c\/b\u003e * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e[An] incredibly \u003cb\u003eambitious combination of history and the supernatural\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Miéville renders the winding, complex plot that ties these two characters together in characteristically robust prose and provides a satisfying ending for readers who persevere. \u003cb\u003eFans will not be disappointed\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eMiéville is back . . . [The Rouse] is a book of the dead and the superpositioned living. A lament configuration that grieves and is aghast. It is monumental and exhaustive yet concise . . . \u003cb\u003eyou never want it to end: you want it never to end\u003c\/b\u003e * Boston Review *\u003cbr\u003eChina Miéville is one of our \u003cb\u003egreat contemporary writers\u003c\/b\u003e, master of the weird and author of masterpieces * New Scientist *\u003cbr\u003eMiéville has been allowed full, free rein in this \u003cb\u003enew work of eldritch dead and haunting dread\u003c\/b\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA smartly imagined, genre-bending story\u003c\/b\u003e that readers may find all too real * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eI cannot say how much I love this book both for its humanity and its originality. \u003ci\u003eThe Rouse\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea classic of modern weird literature\u003c\/b\u003e . . . and goes beyond genre to put Miéville in the forefront of modern British novelists -- Michael Moorcock, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dancers at the End of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rouse\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring, moving family saga and a dizzying exegesis of the violent and virulent second half of the twentieth century, as well a lament for the brutalist age it has spawned. Complex, consuming, thrilling, terrifying, a feast of language and ideas . . . I could go on and on. \u003cb\u003eA magisterial wonder\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paul Tremblay, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cabin at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA richly immersive, sweeping vision of twentieth-century London, capturing the city in all its colours and sounds . . . \u003cb\u003eEvery page feels alive\u003c\/b\u003e -- Xiaolu Guo, author of \u003ci\u003eCall Me Ishmaelle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monster of a book\u003c\/b\u003e in every sense: a showing of the ghosts that haunt our real history, and of the power of the fantastic to explore with tender horror the twilight borderland where dogs turn into wolves, and back again -- Francis Spufford, author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary tour de force, poetic, complex and poignant. \u003cb\u003eA true masterpiece of the weird\u003c\/b\u003e -- Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of \u003ci\u003eChildren of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rouse \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003eMiéville's most completely realised imagining\u003c\/b\u003e, an alchemical amalgamation of historical and meta-natural horror that like its characters strives to fathom that which surpasses all understanding -- Tariq Goddard, author of \u003ci\u003eHomage to a Firing Squad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiéville's genre-busting secret history is epically ambitious, crammed with ideas and eyekicks, yet also profoundly humane. \u003cb\u003eA true masterwork\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paul McAuley, author of \u003ci\u003eFairyland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once the most poetic horror and the most fearsome historical novel in contemporary letters. \u003cb\u003eThere is simply no equivalent to Miéville’s achievement\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jordy Rosenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eConfessions of the Fox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003emonster of a book\u003c\/b\u003e in every sense' -- Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill","brand":"China Miéville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628754571481,"sku":"9781509847402","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781509847402.jpg?v=1791458753","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-rouse-9781509847402","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}