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The Sacred Era : A Novel /

"The magnum opus of a Japanese master of speculative fiction, and a book that established Yoshio Aramaki as a leading representative of the genre, The Sacred Era is part post-apocalyptic world, part faux-religious tract, and part dream narrative. In a distant future ruled by a new Papal Court s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aramaki, Yoshio, 1933- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Tatsumi, Takayuki, 1955- (writer of forword.), Posadas, Baryon Tensor, 1978- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a COVER; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Epigraph; CONTENTS; Foreword by Takayuki Tatsumi; THE SACRED ERA; The Sacred Service Examination; Clara Hall; The Quadrinity; The Southern Scriptures; Mechanical Doll; Space Clock; Sacred Route; The Garden of Earthly Delights; Translator's Acknowledgments; Chronology of Igitur's MIllennium of Prosperity; Author bios. 
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