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In The Years of Rice and Salt, Kim Stanley Robinson explores a world where the 14th‑century plague annihilates almost all of Europe. He follows the ripple of its devastation through the next seven hundred years, depicting how power, technology, and religion reshape from China’s rise and Indian science to the colonization of the New World from west to east. Through a wide array of monarchs, scholars, soldiers, and explorers, the novel presents a richly detailed alternate timeline of dynasties, famines, and profound cultural shifts.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Kim Stanley Robinson
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