The Drowned Cities
Hardcover edition
AuthorPaolo Bacigalupi
Cover artistNeil Swaab[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult, survival, Dystopian
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
May 1, 2012
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages448 pp.
ISBN978-0-316-05624-3
OCLC1028980682
Preceded byShip Breaker 
Followed byTool of War 

The Drowned Cities is a 2012 young adult novel by Paolo Bacigalupi set in a post-apocalyptic future. The book is a sequel to Ship Breaker.[2][3]

Reception

The Drowned Cities was reviewed by Adi Robertson of The Verge, who wrote that the book "stands out as one of the most brutal pieces of YA fiction in recent years". According to Robertson, the book takes place in a realistic post-apocalyptic universe, and while the book takes on the theme of corrupting power, it is "almost uplifting".[2]

References

  1. ^ Swaab, Neil (January 27, 2012). "The Drowned Cities". Neil Swaab. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2020. This was a cover I illustrated and designed a while back for Little, Brown that I'm finally able to post. Great book! If you like dystopian futures and armies made of children, I highly recommend it! This is a companion book to Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker, which I also worked on.
  2. ^ a b Robertson, Adi (April 27, 2012). "They make us this way: Paolo Bacigalupi's 'The Drowned Cities'". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Quattlebaum, Mary (June 19, 2012). "'The Drowned Cities,' by Paolo Bacigalupi". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2020.


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