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A Stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar

Published 2013 by Small Beer Press · 299 pages
Nebula Nominee 2014
FantasySynopsis
Jevick, the pepper merchant’s son from a rural island, fulfills his lifelong dream of traveling to the great empire of Olondria. But when a ghost attaches itself to him, he becomes caught between warring religious factions — one that worships through writing and one through oral tradition — in this lush, literary fantasy about the power of books.
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Debut
This was the author's debut novel
Author Nationality
US
ISBN
9781931520768