They cannot speak of anything that is not true or anything that isn’t of the now. They have two mouths through which they speak their Language. One of the joys of Embassytown is Miéville’s portrayal of a truly alien alien species.The Ariekei, or Hosts as native Embassytowners call them, live in cities, they farm and the keep pets. " Embassytown is a fully achieved work of art.works on every level, providing compulsive narrative, splendid intellectual rigour and risk, moral sophistication, fine verbal fireworks and sideshows, and even the old-fashioned satisfaction of watching a protagonist become more of a person than she gave promise of being." ~ Ursula K. Then, a new smooth-tongued Ambassador arrives and nothing will ever be the same again. The humans and the native Ariekei live alongside one another but also apart, divided by an almost impenetrable language barrier. Her birthplace, the colony of Embassytown, exists as a city within a city. On a backwater planet at the edge of the known universe Avice, an immerser by trade, returns home. This book is highly focused in concept and yet expansive in its narrative. Embassytown is a thrilling and thought provoking science fiction novel written by China Miéville and published in 2011.
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