221 pages
Finnish language
Published October 2023 by Hertta Kustannus.
Kuolevan maailman tuhkasta agentti löytää kirjeen. Siinä lukee: Poltettava ennen lukemista.
Tällä tavalla alkaa kirjeenvaihto kahden kilpailevan agentin, Punaisen ja Sinisen, välillä keskellä sotaa, joka ulottuu aikojen ja avaruuksien halki. Mutta se, mikä kytee kirjeissä ensin haasteena ja pilkkana, taistelukentälle kuuluvana kerskailuna, kasvaa molempien yllätykseksi joksikin syvemmäksi, heidän erilaisia maailmojaan suuremmaksi.
Paitsi että heidän yhteytensä paljastuminen tietäisi varmaa kuolemaa. Onhan sota edelleen käynnissä. Ja jonkun on voitettava se. Eikö vain?
Amal El-Mohtar on palkittu kanadalainen kirjailija ja runoilija, toimittaja ja kriitikko. Amerikkalainen Max Gladstone on ansioitunut erityisesti fantasiakirjailijana. Tällä tavalla hävitään aikasota on heidän ensimmäinen yhteisteoksensa, ja se on ampaissut sekä lukuisille palkintolistoille että lukijoiden sydämiin. Taidokkaan teoksen on suomentanut Kaisa Ranta.
This was a fresh take on time travel for me and I enjoyed it. Also, the word play and epistolary format were fun.
Hauntingly beautiful. A love-letter to the written word.
... or to be honest most people, but I really liked it. I took it SLOW though, finishing it in about twice my average pace, i believe... which allowed me to really enjoy the beautiful poetic nature of the book and really rather incredible writing. And then i read it again... and possibly enjoyed it more? that's not happened before ._.
it's a magical realist (?) romance in a science fiction Time War setting, an unusual choice, but one that works well, given how strange the consequences of warping causality would be. If you can get ahold of the audio book, it's pretty good, has different readers for Blue and Red.
This is probably someone's favourite book of the year. It's not mine - it's pretty far from the kind of stuff I usually love - and I was still really impressed and moved.
A love story with a backdrop of a paradimensional war, with the focus on beautiful writing and all the worldbuilding strictly as an afterthought. This is a novel that knows exactly what it wants to be and succeeds in that admirably. There's nothing superfluous here, only beautiful prose and a story that cannot but end tragically. Maybe.
For all this book's beautiful, poetic narrative, and hugely imaginative premise, I couldn't engage with it fully. I was too impatient for the plot, and I had to make myself read it rather than jump eagerly in for the next installment.
On one level, a lyrical and ethereal time travel romance that feels fresh. On another, a metaphysical work about the power of words to transform our selves and our world. Absolute stunner.
Rakkausromaani. Taitavaa sanan käyttöä. Ei hirvittävän mukaansa tempaava, mut kiehtova asetelma ja maailma.
This was absolutely lovely, one of the most beautiful sci-fi novels I’ve read in a long time. It’s a bit of a slow start, but really draws you in and sweeps you up.
