- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Verso Press USA (Oct 13 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1844673421
- ISBN-13: 978-1844673421
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.3 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 930 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #469,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Don Camillo meets The Name of the Rose meets Dr. No: a rewarding beach read for grownups." - Kirkus, starred review "A formidable feat of imagination... Utterly convincing." - The Times "Umberto Eco's knack for the swashbuckling thriller-of-ideas crossed with an artful touch of Le Carre." - Independent "Fast-paced, richly detailed and teeming with hundreds of characters, it throbs with violence, heroism, betrayal and sex." - Time Magazine"
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This book is from the authors of the acclaimed "Q" and "54". A bloody historical epic of exodus and return, torn loyalties and desperate battles, "Manituana" spans the Atlantic, from the forests of America's northeast to the underworld of eighteenth-century London. The authors' collective Wu Ming have created a genre-breaking re-imagining of the American Civil War - a story from the wrong side of history. 1775 - The conflict between the British Empire and the American colonies erupts in all-out war. Rebels and loyalists to the British Crown compete for an alliance with the Six Nations of the Iroquois, the most powerful Indian confederation, with a constitution hundreds of years old. In the Mohawk RiverValley, Native Americans and colonists have co-existed for generations. But as the thunder of war approaches and the nascent United States struggles violently to be born, old bonds are broken, friends and families are split by betrayal and this mixed community lapses into hatred and resentment. To save his threatened world, the Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant makes a painful decision. Setting off with a group of warriors, he goes beyond the world he has always known in a restless journey that will take him from New York to the salons of Georgian London at the heart of the British Empire, knowing that the road back will be paved with war.
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My review, Aug 5 2011
By Hi Munless - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Manituana (Paperback)
No doubt you can find thorough reviews of this book if you'd like to learn more about the story. I wouldn't want to spoil anything for other readers though. I had read Q and 54 in the past and that was enough for me to buy this book. I downloaded the free pdf version of the book from the Wu Ming website while I was waiting for my order to arrive. I read the first chapter and I felt an excitement that I rarely find with recently written books. I forced myself not to read any more until the book arrived - I get much more satisfaction from carrying a book around and flicking through the pages of the book. I was not disappointed! If you like the work of these writers, then you will not be disappointed either. Q blew me away when i first read it. I bought it, without having prior knowledge of the novel, on the day it was first released in UK bookshops because there was a sale that day! When I found the translation of 54, I bought it immediately. I enjoyed the novel, but Q still stood out as something extra-special to me. Now, Manituana ranks as my second favourite of this group's novels. It is, as the other novels are, rich in intrigue, detail and drama. I don't think anything needs to be said about the story. It is better to discuss it with others once you have read it yourself.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A different version of the Revolutionary War, Dec 28 2009
By Mary Reinert - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Manituana (Hardcover)
This is not the story we learned in grade school about the Revolutionary War. In the 1700's the Six Nations of the Iroquois (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora) had a remarkably advanced system of laws. It was also a common practice to take captives from other tribes into their culture. The Six Nations lived peaceably with the white settlers and intermarriage was not unknown. Leaders of the Six Tribes met with and were respected by the British. However, as more and more white settlers moved into the Indian territories, tensions arose. But even more complicating was the tension that was developing between the American colonies and Britain. The Indians did not understand the whites rebelling against the Great King in Britain. Chief Joseph Brandt as leader of the Mohawks finds himself in an increasingly difficult position.History slowly unfolds taking Joseph eventually to England for a meeting with the King. Part Two is an interesting, sometimes humorous, depiction of the Indians stay in England complete with British thugs posing as the "seventh nation of the Indian tribe". The last part of the novel dissolves into raw violence between the Indians fighting the Rebels. Peopled with characters as Ethan Allen, King George, and Sir William Johnson, the novel provides a wide panorama of the US fight for independence.
Although somewhat difficult to follow at the beginning of the book (both the Indian name and the Anglo name is often used interchangeably), the story soon becomes gripping. The really short chapters seemed to fit the story perfectly. "Manituana" is an excellent example of how complicated history really is.
I knew nothing about the "authors" of this title and find it totally fascinating that a "collective of Italian fiction writers" could paint such a vivid picture of America's history from an angle that few have considered before. If you enjoy historical fiction, check this one out.
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epic and strong, May 5 2011
By Marco Saraceno - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Manituana (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book epic and strong, clear and bloody. It bring you back in the 1500s in the native american way of life and problems. I read it in the original language (Italian) and it was brilliantly written. If the English translation have been ruin even half of the quality, till a great book to read, one of those book you start and you are not able to get it back in the shelf until you did not finish it.
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