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More info 1 The newest novel by China Mieville. 2 For the first time in Russian. 3 An alternative history of the Second World War, which only China Mieville could write. 4 Novel finalist for Locus and Dragon awards.5 Includes commentary and biographical index «An imaginary battle between the surrealists and the Nazis … Touching and at the same time disturbing.» Newsday «Thoughtful, powerful romance … Mieville’s confident style creates a strong sense of humanity, while strange surreal monsters give The Last Days a fun and complementary component of insane science.» USA Today «A highly original work that highlights Mieville’s flamboyant ingenuity and originality.» — The Millions «Amazingly poetic, oddly beautiful and extraordinarily impressive.» — San Francisco Book Review «Brilliant … A Real Feat.» — The Guardian Abstract In 1941, American rocket engineer and occultist Jack Parsons travels to Nazi-occupied Prague to uncover the secret of the Golem. This kabbalistic creature can help in the war against the Third Reich. Parsons cannot leave Marseille and meets a group of avant-garde artists expelled by the Nazis. Together with them, he creates a new mystical weapon that can revive all the dreams and nightmares lurking in the imagination of the surrealists. C-bomb explodes in Paris. The course of the war and world history has changed. In 1950, Paris is still plunged into the chaos of war. Resistance groups are fighting against Nazi occupiers and collaborators. Manifs — images that come to life, torn from the subconscious of the surrealists — flooded the city streets. Demons, summoned from Hell by the esoteric SS, roam among the ruins. Resistance fighter Thibault tries to leave the mad city, but a chance acquaintance with American Sam will change his plans. Sam is allegedly documenting the life of New Paris and wants to infiltrate the epicenter of the C-bomb. Helping her, Thibault reveals the secret plans of the Nazis, and only the help of the mysterious and powerful surrealist Exquisite Corpse can save the heroes and their city.
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