num_pages: 527
description: Connie Willis laboured five years on this story of a history student in 2048 who is transported to an English village in the 14th century. The student arrives mistakenly on the eve of the onset of the Black Plague. Her dealings with a family of "contemps" in 1348 and with her historian cohorts lead to complications as the book unfolds into a surprisingly dark, deep conclusion. The book, which won Hugo and Nebula Awards, draws upon Willis' understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering and the indomitable will of the human spirit.
language: English
title: Doomsday Book
titlecomplete: Doomsday Book
characters: Kivrin Engle, Badri Chaudhuri, James Dunworthy
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Time Travel, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 58344
places: Oxfordshire, England, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
series: Oxford Time Travel
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Foreign Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Premio Ignotus
category: Mejor Novela Extranjera
publisher: New English Library