The Map of the Sky

Felix J. Palma (trans. Nick Caistor)

'The unreal becomes real, fantasy becomes history, and the reader is thoroughly entertained by an unending parade of bafflements and surprises. This book is a complete delight.'

K.W Jeter, author of Infernal Devices

'Inventive fun'

Yvonne Zipp, The Washington Post

New York, 1898. When millionaire Montgomery Gilmore proposes to beautiful socialite Emma Harlow, she accepts on one condition: he must reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds.

In London, Wells himself learns of certain objects, apparently of extraterrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was a crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose experiences in the frozen wasteland would inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature.

When eerie, alien-looking cylinders begin appearing on the outskirts of London, Wells is certain it is all part of some elaborate hoax. To his great horror, however, he realises that a true invasion of the earth has begun. As brave bands of citizens converge on London to defend it against utter ruin, Emma and her suitor must confront the enigma that is their love — a spark of hope even in the gathering darkness of apocalypse.

Told with Félix J. Palma’s trademark flair for invention, The Map of the Sky is an utterly exhilarating novel that links the earth and the heavens, the familiar and the bizarre, the impossible and the inevitable.

'The unreal becomes real, fantasy becomes history, and the reader is thoroughly entertained by an unending parade of bafflements and surprises. This book is a complete delight.'

K.W Jeter, author of Infernal Devices

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Format:Paperback

Size: 234mm × 153mm

Extent:608pp

ISBN (13):9781922070005

RRP:$32.99

Pub date:22 Aug 2012

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Felix J. Palma

Felix J. Palma was born in Spain in 1968. Acclaimed by critics as one of the most brilliant and original storytellers of our time, he has earned more than one hundred awards for his short-story writing. His previous novel, The Map of Time, was a New York Times and international bestseller. It won the prestigious Ateneo de Sevilla prize for literature in 2008 and has been published in more than thirty countries.

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Nick Caistor

Nick Caistor is a translator, journalist, and author of nonfiction books. He has translated some forty books from Spanish and Portuguese, including those by Paulo Coelho, Eduardo Mendoza, Juan Marsé, and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, and has twice been awarded the Valle-Inclán prize for Spanish translation. He has presented and produced many programs on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, and is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian.

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