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Grave, epic, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Charles Wilson
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 372
- Publisher
- Denoël, Tor, Heyne
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9783453196599
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First sentence
“The men who crewed the surviving steamships had invented their own legends.”
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