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In "The Last Days of New Paris," China Miéville blends historical setting and speculative imagination to portray an alternate Paris during war. The city becomes a phantasmagoric dreamscape where clandestine anti‑Nazi groups, surrealist thinkers, and occult practitioners coexist with nightmare‑spawning realities. Through Paragon’s discoveries and the quests of a lone surrealist fighter, Miéville explores the power of art, hope, and rebellion to reshape war and the world.
The narrative weaves a surreal cataclysm with the city’s own streets, haunted by living images and forces beyond reason. As characters grapple with shifting loyalties and the fine line between imagination and reality, the novel invites readers to consider how art and fantasy can alter the course of history.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: China Miéville
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