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The King's Last Song: Or Kraing Meas

Geoff Ryman

Can a twelfth-century Cambodian king's sense of compassion and justice translate to the present?

Book Details

  • Publisher: Small Beer Press
  • Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2008
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.50in - 1.10in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9781931520560
  • Categories: LiteraryHistorical - GeneralPolitical

About the Author

Geoff Ryman is the author of the novels Air (Clarke and Tiptree Award winner) and The Unconquered Country (World Fantasy Award winner). Canadian by birth, he has lilved in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.

Praise for this book

"Sweeping and beautiful...the complex story tears the veil from a hidden world."--The Sunday Times "Inordinately readable...extraordinary in its detail, colour and brutality."--The Independent "A fantastically exhilarating read."--Ian McMillan, Radio 3 "A marvellous book about the making of souls."--Time Out "The King's Last Song is sublime."--Bookmunch