Un Lun Dun
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 Cover of first edition (paperback) |
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| Author | China Miéville |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young adult fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
| Released | January 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 425 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-230-01627-8 |
Un Lun Dun is a young adult fantasy novel by China Miéville, released in 2007. The name is derived from 'unLondon'. The book, which contains illustrations by Miéville, is not related to his "Bas-Lag" universe or to any of his other works. The setting is a combination of Alice in Wonderland and The Phantom Tollbooth.
[edit] Plot introduction
What is Un Lun Dun? It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too-including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book. When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong.
[edit] Release details
Un Lun Dun was first released as a paperback in the United Kingdom in January of 2007 by Macmillan Publishers. It was released in the United States on February 13th, 2007 by Del Rey Books.
[edit] External links
- http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/china-mieville/un-lun-dun.htm More about Un Lun Dun
- http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/unlundun/index.html RandomHouse official Un Lun Dun page
| Novels of China Miéville |
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| King Rat (1998) | Perdido Street Station (2000) | The Scar (2002) |
| Iron Council (2004) | Un Lun Dun (2007) |
| Collections |
| Looking for Jake (2005) |
| Related articles |
| Bas-Lag | New Crobuzon | Races of Bas-Lag | Remade |
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