When q was first published in 1999, it was an international sensation. The latest joint effort from wu ming offers political. Wu ming author wu ming is a collective of four italian fiction writers based in bologna, italy. Buy altai by wu ming, shaun whiteside from waterstones today. In may 2009 wu ming announced that they had almost finished writing a new book, entitled altai, set in their debut novel. When we first meet him, he is in charge of the policesecret service in sixteenth century venice. Wu ming sequel to q, in which characters from the first book come back to settle old scores, as the republic of venice and the whole 16th century world order seem ready to. Wu ming means no name and therefore anonymous in mandarin chinese. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Sequel to q, in which characters from the first book come back to. Q, the eponymous hero of the collectives first offering under the moniker luther blissett, is a man of parts. Four of the five members of the wu ming foundation wrote the novel q under the pseudonym luther blissett. This is a novel set within the historical events in the mediterranean from 1569 through 1571, beginning with the arsenal fire of venice, moving on to the household of rich jewish trader joseph nasi in constantinople, from there on to the ottoman invasion of cyprus, on to the massacre following the surrender of famagusta, then to the naval battle of lepanto, and thence back to constantinople.
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Wu ming writers collective sweeping historical novel of espionage, betrayal and identity sequel to luther blissetts bestselling q. Wu ming foundation, chinese for anonymous is a pseudonym for a group of italian authors formed in 2000 from a subset of the luther blissett community in bologna. In january 2000, a fifth person joined the four authors of q and a new band of authors was born. A historical epic spanning a continent scarred by war, altai went straight into the bestsellers list when first published in italy. Wu ming on altai and the political subjectivity of writing. And so it is while promoting their latest historical novel, altai a story of. Dec 12, 2018 the latest addition to my website is wu mings altai altai. Wu ming on altai and the political subjectivity of writing as a. This book tells the story of the men and women of fighter command who worked tirelessly in air bases. Wu ming sequel to q, in which characters from the first book come back to settle old scores, as the republic of venice and the whole 16th century world order seem ready to crumble.
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