Un Lun Dun - Mille feuilles

Electronic resource

English language

Published May 10, 2007 by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:: 978-0-345-49723-9
OCLC Number:: 243743369

(1 review)

What is Un Lun Dun?It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too--including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true …

What is Un Lun Dun?It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too--including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong.From the Hardcover edition.

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Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org reviewed Un Lun Dun by China Miéville

YA fiction from a freak

4 stars

First review of 2025. This was a fun book, first title I've read from China Miélville targetted at a younger audience. Fun story, as if the author had decided to take a variety of puns and through the lens of surrealism bring them to life. There are some unexpected directions it goes in but follows the YA epic model of fantasy, multiverses, and magic.

Fun low stakes read for those who never grow out of the genre.