The Memory Theater - by Karin Tidbeck (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In a world just parallel to ours exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It is a place where feasts never end, games of croquette have devastating consequences, and teenagers are punished for growing up. For a select group of Masters, it's a decadent paradise where time stands still. For those who serve them, however, it's a slow torture where their lives can be ended in a blink. In a bid to escape before their youth betrays them, Dora and Thistle--best friends and confidants--set out on a remarkable journey through time and space. Traveling between their world and ours, they hunt the one person who can grant them freedom. Along the way they encounter a mysterious traveler who trades in favors and never forgets debts, a crossroads at the center of the universe, our own world on the brink of war, and a traveling troupe of actors with the ability to unlock the fabric of reality. Endlessly inventive, The Memory Theater takes the reader to a wondrous place where destiny has yet to be written, life is a performance, and magic can erupt at any moment. It is Karin Tidbeck's most engrossing and irresistible tale yet"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>***<i>One of Buzzfeed's 21 Fantasy Books to Get Excited About This Winter***</i><br> <i>***One of Tor's 30 Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2021***</i> <p/>From the award-winning author of <i>Amatka </i>and <i>Jagannath</i>--a fantastical tour de force about friendship, interdimensional theater, and a magical place where no one ages, except the young</b><br> <b> </b><br> In a world just parallel to ours exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It's a place where feasts never end, games of croquet have devastating consequences, and teenagers are punished for growing up. For a select group of masters, it's a decadent paradise where time stands still. But for those who serve them, it's a slow torture where their lives can be ended in a blink. In a bid to escape before their youth betrays them, Dora and Thistle--best friends and confidants--set out on a remarkable journey through time and space. Traveling between their world and ours, they hunt for the one person who can grant them freedom. Along the way, they encounter a mysterious traveler who trades in favors and never forgets debts, a crossroads at the center of the universe, our own world on the brink of war, and a traveling troupe of actors with the ability to unlock the fabric of reality. <p/> Endlessly inventive, <i>The Memory Theater </i>takes us to a wondrous place where destiny has yet to be written, life is a performance, and magic can erupt at any moment. It is Karin Tidbeck's most engrossing and irresistible tale yet.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>The Memory Theater</i> is exquisite and astonishing. The prose has a sculpted precision, every sentence both tense as a watch spring and serene as a mountain. Tidbeck skips from horror to wonder to humor like a stone skimming water, and is equally nimble in managing characters; each one steps onto the page fully formed no matter how minor the role."<br> <b>--Amal El-Mohtar, <i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/>"Blending fairy-tale atmosphere with 'the real world, ' Karin Tidbeck's <i>The Memory Theater </i>is lovely, dark, and hopeful all at the same time." <br><b>--Ann Leckie, author of the Imperial Radch Trilogy and <i>The Raven Tower <p/></i></b>At once arrestingly strange and hauntingly familiar, <i>The Memory Theater</i> is a brand new fairy tale you can almost remember hearing before.<b><i><br></i><b>--Lara Elena Donnelly, author of the Amberlough Dossier <p/></b></b>"<i>The Memory Theater</i> is a wonder, sparkling with magic and menace. Karin Tidbeck has written a taut, engrossing fable about identity, time and home that wanders through worlds that lie hidden beyond the veil of our own."<br><b><i>--</i>Shawn Vestal, author of <i>Daredevils<br></i></b><br>"Karin Tidbeck is one of the finest writers of fantastic fiction in the world. <i>The Memory Theater</i> is as intricate and as gorgeous as a Swiss watch, only this watch comes from the realm of the Fae. Tidbeck's second novel is beguiling, terrifying, and hugely compassionate. A cause for celebration." <br><b>--Nathan Ballingrud, author of <i>North American Lake Monsters</i> and <i>Wounds</i></b> <p/>"Inventive, surreal, at times violent, [<i>The Memory Theater</i>] has a timeless, durable quality . . . <i>The Memory Theater</i> maintains a kind of gentleness and fascination with the world--childlike and serious at once . . . a strange and ultimately quite delightful tale."<br><b>--Jake Casella Brookins, <i>Chicago Review of Books</i></b> <p/>"Wonderful . . . [<i>The Memory Theater</i>], boasting no translator, is [Karin Tidbeck's] own coinage, and it shows a level of unassuming but beautiful prose which many a native speaker might envy . . . Taken all in all, this sophomore novel from Tidbeck is a remarkable accomplishment, full of eerie magic, human pathos, and mystical urgings. I suspect the Memory Theater troupe is applauding themselves for introducing this book to our reality."<br><b>--Paul Di Filippo, <i>Locus</i></b> <p/>"[<i>The Memory Theater</i>] left me grateful for the experience of reading . . . Rich, multiversal, all-encompassing . . . A nesting doll of interconnected worlds and lives, a kaleidoscopic reflection of our reality, made magical and strange."<b><br><b><b>--Molly Templeton, Tor</b></b></b> <p/>"<i>The Memory Theater</i> is as inventive and eerie as Swedish author Karin Tidbeck's previous works, though more fantastical and fairytale-like." <br><b>--Buzzfeed, "21 Fantasy Books to Get Excited About This Winter" </b> <p/>"<i>The Memory Theater</i> is a truly immersive experience, and absolutely blew my mind." <br><b>--Tor, "The 30 Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2021" </b> <p/>"A dark, new fairy tale about the haves and the have-nots." <br><b>--K.W. Colyard, Bustle<i> </i> </b> <p/>Sharp and glittering. . . . Tidbeck [creates] a world where love, cruelty, and wonder all exist side by side. Highly recommended for fans of Tanith Lee, Michael Moorcock, or Mervyn Peake." <b><b> <br><b><i>--Booklist, </i>starred review </b> <br></b></b><br>"Expansive and wildly imaginative . . . Tidbeck straddles fantasy, coming-of-age drama, and horror with an exciting, sometimes wrenching tale of friendship and time travel . . . This fast-paced fantasy will please fans of quest stories who don't mind a bit of darkness."<br><b><i>--Publishers Weekly <p/></i></b>Strange and unique . . . A dark fairy tale that snakes through the multiverse.<br><b><i>--Kirkus</i></b><br><i><br></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>KARIN TIDBECK </b>lives in Malmö, Sweden, where they work as a translator and creative writing teacher and write fiction in Swedish and English. Their English-language debut, the story collection <i>Jagannath</i>, received the IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award and was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award. They are also the author of the novel <i>Amatka.</i>
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