The Years of Rice and Salt

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780553580075 Author(s): Kim Stanley Robinson Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2003 Publisher: Random House USA Inc Pages: 784 Age: 14-18

Description: WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD A?Â? The bestselling author of the Mars trilogy boldly reimagines the past seven hundred years in this A?exceptional and engrossingA? (New York Post) saga, constructing a world vastly different from the one we know. . . A?A thoughtful, magisterial alternate history from one of science fictionA?s most important writers.A?A?The New York Times Book ReviewIt is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occurA?the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of EuropeA?s population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? The Years of Rice and Salt is a look at the history that could have beenA?one that stretches across centuries, sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, and spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation.Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, inventors and exiles, renowned storyteller Kim Stanley Robinson navigates a world where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, while Christianity is a mere historical footnote. Probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, powerA?and even loveA?in this bold new world.

BUYER OFFERS: We are a retail store with set pricing and unfortunately we can\t fulfil any requests to sell items for less than the listed price.