China Miéville frasi celebri
The City & the City
China Miéville: Frasi in inglese
“It is more foolish and childish to assume there is a conspiracy, or that there is not?”
Origine: The City & the City (2009), Chapter 13 (p. 141)
interview with Joan Gordon http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/mievilleinterview.htm
“Ori supposed there were as many unspeakable stories as there were men come back from war.”
Part 4 “The Hainting”, chapter 15 (p. 314)
Iron Council (2004)
“It had some allies. Believe me, there’s nothing so terrible that someone won’t support it.”
Origine: Un Lun Dun (2007), Chapter 22, “History Lessons” (p. 90)
“He tried to grin but it did not go well.”
Origine: The City & the City (2009), Chapter 28 (p. 297)
“Throw something away and you declare it obsolete.”
Origine: Un Lun Dun (2007), Chapter 12, “Safe Conduct” (p. 52)
“When the rich grow afraid, they get nasty. We say: A government for need not greed!”
“Anamnesis” (p. 222)
Iron Council (2004)
“Neither dust nor light stirred. It was as if time had been bled dry and given up.”
Part 3 “The Compass Factory”, chapter 20 (p. 241)
The Scar (2002)
“She felt so alien, bowed under culture shock as crippling as migraine.”
Part 2 “Salt”, chapter 6 (p. 78)
The Scar (2002)
interview with Joan Gordon
“There is no theology so desperate that you can’t find it.”
Origine: The City & the City (2009), Chapter 4 (p. 38)
“We’re all racing,” he said.
“Yeah, but some of us in the wrong direction.”
Part 6 “The Caucus Race”, chapter 20 (p. 364)
Iron Council (2004)
China Mieville: "My job is not to try to give readers what they want..." http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2012/sep/20/china-mieville-interview, theguardian.com, Thursday 20 September, 2012.
