{"product_id":"9780345524508","title":"Embassytown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties: to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak—but which speaks through her, whether she likes it or not.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Miéville, China","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43249365483744,"sku":"","price":11.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_38a70569-7623-46e1-a636-f6f9b98e11c6.jpg?v=1660846784","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780345524508","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}