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Smaill, Anna, 1979-
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Orphans -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Synesthesia -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction
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Smaill, Anna, 1979-
Orphans -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Synesthesia -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction
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The
chimes
/ Anna Smaill.
by
Smaill, Anna, 1979-
Quercus, 2016.
Call #:
FICTION SMA
Subjects
Orphans -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Synesthesia -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Fiction
ISBN:
9781681445342 (hc.)
1681445344 (hc.)
Description:
286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"After the end of a brutal civil war, London is divided, with slums standing next to a walled city of elites. Monk-like masters are selected for special schooling and shut away for decades, learning to write beautiful compositions for the
chimes
, played citywide morning and night, to mute memory and keep the citizens trapped in ignorance. A young orphan named Simon arrives in London with nothing but the vague sense of a half-forgotten promise, to locate someone. What he finds is a new family--a gang of scavengers that patrols the underbelly of the city looking for valuable metal to sell. Drawn in by an enigmatic and charismatic leader, a blind young man named Lucien with a gift for song, Simon forgets entirely what originally brought him to the place he has now made his home. In this alternate London, the past is a mystery, each new day feels the same as the last, and before is considered 'blasphony.' But Simon has a unique gift--the gift of retaining memories--that will lead him to discover a great injustice and take him far beyond the meager life as a member of Lucien's gang. Before long he will be engaged in an epic struggle for justice, love, and freedom."--Publisher.
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Science fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Literary fiction.
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