Flight from Nevèrÿon

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480461758

<DIV><DIV><b>Two novellas and a full-length novel of Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on, the land at the limit of history</b></div><DIV><BR>In&#160;<i>The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals</i>, a disease has come to Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on. Men, rich and poor, have been stricken with it&mdash;but far fewer women. More and more die, and no one recovers. The illness seems to have first come from the Bridge of Lost Desire, a hangout for prostitutes male and female, but its spread through the city has been terrifying. And it will change Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on forever, both its sexual and its political landscape.</div><DIV><BR>Written in 1984,&#160;<i>The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals</i>&#160;is an astute fictionalization of New York City in the first two years of the AIDS crisis. Interwoven with the ancient story are Samuel R. Delany&rsquo;s modern accounts of what went on in the meanest streets of Gotham during that time.</div><DIV><BR>This wholly original novel (the first novel about AIDS from a major American publisher) is presented along with two other stories about mummers, prostitutes, and street people in the fantastic land of Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on and its capital, port Kolhari&mdash;an ancient city that becomes more and more modern with each story.</div><DIV><BR>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Samuel R. Delany including rare images from his early career.</div><DIV></div></div>