Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI)
โ Scribed by Ted Chiang
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0525433686
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โฆ Synopsis
The inspiration for the major motion picture Arrival , starring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, and directed by Denis Villeneuve.
"Shining, haunting, mind-blowing tales . . . Ted Chiang is so exhilarating, so original, so stylish he just leaves you speechless." --Junot Diaz
Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. "Story of Your Life," which provides the basis for the film Arrival, concerns the presence of alien lifeforms on Planet Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its nonlinear structure helps her deal with the pangs of divorce and the death of her daughter. In each story of this incredible collection, with sharp...
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