Binding: Paperback
Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation Jeff Vander Meer's first novel Veniss Underground takes readers on a journey to a labyrinthine city of tunnels and the dangers lurking behind each turn. This paperback edition features the bonus novella Balzac's War. In a dark and decadent far future the city of Veniss persists beside a dead ocean. Earth has become a desert wasteland ravaged by climate change. Veniss endures on the strength of its innovative tech of almost Boschian intensity but at what cost? Where does the line between made creature and person lie? Against this backdrop Veniss Underground spins the tale of Nicholas an aspiring struggling Artist; his twin sister Nicola; and Shadrach Nicola's former lover. A fateful trip by Nicholas to the maverick biotech Quin will have far - reaching consequences for all three and for the fate of Veniss itself as insurrection stirs and the oppressed begin to revolt. Veniss Underground is Jeff Vander Meer's first novel a spectacular surreal foray into a world as influenced by Alejandro Jodorowsky as by Ursula K. Le Guin. Readers of Vander Meer's later work will be enchanted and horrified by the marvels within including the author's signature fascination with the nonhuman and the environment. By turns beautiful and powerful Veniss Underground explores the limits of love memory and obsession against a backdrop of betrayal and biological mutation. This reissue includes a new introduction by the National Book Award winning author Charles Yu and a bonus story from Jeff Vander Meer.
Title: Veniss Underground A Novel
Author(s): Vandermeer Jeff
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250860958
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/11/2023
Category: Science Fiction