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Embassytown

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Miéville, China
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Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.
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9780345524515
9780307913814
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Last Grouping Update2023-11-29 04:09:06AM
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