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The City We Became

  • N. K. Jemisin

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In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels. And they're not the only ones.

Genres

  • Fiction, fantasy, contemporary
  • New york (n.y.), fiction
  • American literature
  • nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2020-04-12
  • New York Times bestseller
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Fiction, magical realism
  • Fiction, fantasy, urban
  • Fiction
  • Mythology
  • Magic
  • Long now manual for civilization
  • Avatars (Religion)
  • Fantasy
  • FICTION / Magical Realism
  • FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary
  • FICTION / Literary
  • Good and evil
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About the author

  • N. K. Jemisin

    born 19 September 1972

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    130 ratings · 35 works

Editions

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    Orbit

    July 27, 2021

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    Little, Brown Book Group Limited, Orbit

    2021

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    Orbit

    Mar 24, 2020

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Nova

Aug 18, 2020

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    Hachette Book Group and Blackstone Publishing, Orbit

    Mar 24, 2020

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    Orbit

    2020

  • Edition cover

    Little, Brown Book Group Limited

    2020

  • Edition cover

    Little, Brown Book Group Limited

    2020