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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Eos
Publication date January 1, 2001
Pages 290
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780380978977
ISBN-10 0380978970
Dimensions 1 by 5.50 by 8.75 in.
Weight 1.05 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $24.00
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Physiognomy | Memoranda | The Empire of Ice Cream | The Drowned Life | Memoranda
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The chilling final chapter in the author's World Fantasy Award-winning allegorical fantasy trilogy brings readers to the end of creation, where the protagonist, the lone survivor of the Well-Built City, struggles to maintain his humanity. By the author of The Physiognomy and Memoranda. 20,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

Author Jeffrey Ford's World Fantasy Award-winning novel, The Physiognomy, introduced Cley, master of a twisted and terrifying science utilized to keep order in a nightmare city. In the brilliantly audacious Memoranda, the reformed physiognomist embarked on a surreal quest through the mind of the monster who imagined and constructed the dark metropolis. Now the third and final chapter of Cley's strange life journey dispatches him to the inconceivable ends of his world -- and strands him in the perilous heart of a sentient wilderness.The Beyond

One creature still lives in the dust and rubble of Master Drachton Below's destroyed Well-Built City: Misrix, Below's demon "son," refined and civilized by his father's loving curse of humanity. With the comforting aid of Sheer Beauty, the altered being fights his loneliness by recording the adventures of a hunter who wanders with a dog named Wood through a breathtaking wild at the realm's farthest extremities.

Cley is a man who has witnessed miracles, and both he and his world have been changed by them. But remnants of his grim past still haunt the former Physiognomist, First Class. And the old Cley cannot be buried until he meets once more with a woman he gravely disfigured -- who, in turn, served as catalyst to his transformation from man of "science" to folk healer to wilderness hunter -- and she waits in the true village of Wenau in the hidden heart of the Beyond.

The journey promises to be a lengthy and a dangerous one, with astonishing sights and circumstances at every turning. Demons and wraiths inhabit this strange land, feeding on flesh and terror. Each step forward brings Cley inescapable responsibilities as it carries him into the core of legend and deep into a mystery as old as time. For the Beyond has its needs -- and a living consciousness that encompasses all the wonders within its boundaries. And it has important plans for the hunter that require more than he may be able to give.

Misrix follows Cley's progression with eager interest. But the demon himself faces his own trial before those who fear and despise him -- a perilous test of humanity and heart that must inevitably accompany the most treacherous Pursuit of all: friendship.

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Hardcover
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from Eos (January 1, 2001)
9780380978977 | details & prices | 290 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Reformed physiognomist Cley, the lone survivor of the Well-Built City, journeys to the end of creation, where he struggles to maintain his humanity.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780380812882 Book cover for 9781930846555
 
from Golden Gryphon Pr (November 1, 2008)
9781930846555 | details & prices | 218 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Shunned by the village he saved and seeing no future in the ruins of the Well-Built City, the reformed physiognomist, Cley, ventures into the wilderness to seek forgiveness from a woman that he once hideously harmed.
Reprint edition from Eos (February 1, 2002)
9780380812882 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.95
About: The chilling final chapter in the author's World Fantasy Award-winning allegorical fantasy trilogy brings readers to the end of creation, where the protagonist, the lone survivor of the Well-Built City, struggles to maintain his humanity.

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