The gradual

Christopher Priest

Original title: The Gradual

earliest edition we have, 2015 Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2017 352 pages

Alesandro Sussken is a composer living in Glaund, a fascist state constantly at war with another equally faceless opponent. His brother is sent off to fight; his family is destroyed by grief. Occasionally Alesandro catches glimpses of islands in the far distance from the shore, and they feed into the music he composes. But all knowledge of the other islands is forbidden by the military junta, until he is unexpectedly...

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Editions we hold

L'inclinaison (Folio. Science-fiction t. 611) (French Edition) edition · 2018 · Editions Gallimard · 496 pages · 9782072788710
The Gradual edition · 2017 · Titan Books · 400 pages · 9781785653056
Gradual edition · 2017 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 352 pages · 9781473200555
The gradual edition · 2016 · Titan Books · 295 pages · 9781785653032
Gradual edition · 2016 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9781473200531
Gradual edition · 2016 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 346 pages · 9781473200548
Gradual edition · 2015 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9781473200562
L'inclinaison paperback · 9782207133903

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