Kraken An Anatomy

Name: Kraken An Anatomy
Rating: 3.4444444444444446 (18 reviews)
Author: China Miéville
ISBN: 9780345497499

by China Miéville

3.4

(18 ratings)

464 pages2010Del Rey/Ballantine BooksISBN 9780345497499

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About this book

Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in the US by Del Rey Books. The book bears the subtitle "An Anatomy" on the title page. It was the winner for the 2011 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Miéville has described the book as "a dark comedy about a squid-worshipping cult and the end of the world. It takes the idea of the squid cult very seriously. Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they’re not absurd."

Publication Details

Publisher: Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Published: 2010
Pages: 464
ISBN: 9780345497499
Language: en

About China Miéville

China Tom Miéville (pronounced /ˈtʃaɪnə miˈeɪvəl/; born 6 September 1972 in Norwich) is an award-winning English fantasy fiction writer. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" (after early 20th century pulp and horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird who consciously attempt to move fantasy away from commercial, genre clichés of Tolkien epigones. He is also active in left-wing politics as a member of the Socialist Workers Party. He has stood for the House of Commons for the Socialist Alliance, and published a book on Marxism and international law. He teaches creative writing at Warwick University. ([Wikipedia][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Miéville