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* BrokenBird: Nerezza, after the death of Radoslav.
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* CreepyChild: Casimira's house. It has kept a room for you.
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* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: Yumiko]] fell pregnant after acquiring her Palimpsest tattoo. When her son was born, he was ''covered'' in tattooed streets - and not Palimpsest, either, but someplace else, aligned on a grid. And minutes after birth, he looked straight at his mother and said "I want to go back." She had a freak out and gave him up to a couple. In short, according to [[spoiler: Yumiko]], tattoo-bearers don't have children -- ''Palimpsest'' is having children.
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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Sei tries this on a man at a train station. She finds his confusion refreshing.
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-->"There are some theories. You know, no one really knows. It's not like there's a manual. A couple of times, I heard that someone wanted to write one, publish it as fiction — but we would know. We would see right through all those made-up characters and silly little narrative twists. We would know what it was: a primer."
-->"There are some theories. You know, no one really knows. It's not like there's a manual. A couple of times, I heard that someone wanted to write one, publish it as fiction — but we would know. We would see right through all those made-up characters and silly little narrative twists. We would know what it was: a primer."
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* BlessedWithSuck[=/=]CursedWithAwesome: Attitudes of people who have found Palimpsest vary. Some acknowledge that it has taken everything away from them, but believe it is worth the price. Others know that while it is supposed to be a marvel, they live in fear of it.
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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Lyudmila in Palimpsest. Also there is a copy of Lucia who forgives and accepts all of Ludo's faults.]]
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* DeadPersonConversation: Oleg's drowned sister Lyudmila appears frequently and counsels him.[[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She is [[ImaginaryFriend a hallucination]] he has when he forgets his medication.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Lucia chews Ludovico out for being a terrible husband [[spoiler: before she leaves him forever.]]
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* FreudianExcuse: Sei has very conflicted feelings toward her mother, and mother-daughter relationships in general.
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** Not ''quite''. She does have the approval of at least one person, who is perhaps the ultimate force in her pushing her immigration policy through - [[spoiler:the land of Palimpsest itself.]]
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* [[ShowWithinAShow Book Within a Book]]: November is a fan of ''Literature/TheGirlWhoCircumnavigatedFairylandInAShipOfHerOwnMaking''.
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* [[ShowWithinAShow Book Within a Book]]: November is a fan of ''Literature/TheGirlWhoCircumnavigatedFairylandInAShipOfHerOwnMaking''.''[[Literature/TheGirlWhoCircumnavigatedFairylandInAShipOfHerOwnMaking The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making]]''.
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* DeadLittleSister: Lyudmila is Oleg's older sister, but his obsession over her fits this trope all the same.
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* RotatingProtagonist: The book switches between Sei, November, Oleg, and Ludovico, as well as switching from their normal lives to their Palimpsest adventures.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Hester tried to kill herself when she couldn't be rid of Palimpsest.]]
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* IfItsYouItsOkay: In general, EveryoneIsBi, but Ludovico has no sexual interest in men. This changes if the man can take him to Palimpsest.
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* CoveredWithScars: [[spoiler: November.]]
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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Sei tries this on a man at a train station. She finds his confusion refreshing.
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* BrokenBird: Nerezza, after the death of Radoslav.
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* CoolTrain: All of Palimpsest's trains are alive and filled with impossible wonders.
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* FantasticallyIndifferent: Yeah, Palimpsest is weird. Good luck getting Oleg to notice.
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* LongingForFictionland: What drives the story.
* LustObject: Each protagonist has one. Not all of them are human.
* LustObject: Each protagonist has one. Not all of them are human.
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* ObsessedAreTheListmakers: November makes lists about anything and everything, not all of them categories most people would even think of.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: The four protagonists are good at their jobs precisely because they are so obsessive. That is until they find their new obsession and stop working.
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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: The Lyudmila in Palimpsest. Also there is a copy of Lucia who forgives and accepts all of Ludo's faults.]]
* BlessedWithSuck[=/=]CursedWithAwesome: Attitudes of people who have found Palimpsest vary. Some acknowledge that it has taken everything away from them, but believe it is worth the price. Others know that while it is supposed to be a marvel, they live in fear of it.
* BlessedWithSuck[=/=]CursedWithAwesome: Attitudes of people who have found Palimpsest vary. Some acknowledge that it has taken everything away from them, but believe it is worth the price. Others know that while it is supposed to be a marvel, they live in fear of it.
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** [[spoiler: November's parents, before her father died, couldn't even stand to be in the same city anymore, forcing her to go back and forth between them.
** Sei's mother was mentally unstable [[spoiler: and ultimately killed herself.]]
* DeadPersonConversation: Oleg's drowned sister Lyudmila appears frequently and counsels him. [[spoiler:It's strongly implied she She is a hallucination he has when he forgets his medication.]]
** Sei's mother was mentally unstable [[spoiler: and ultimately killed herself.]]
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* SentientCosmicForce: [[spoiler: Palimpsest.]]
* SentientVehicle: The train Sei follows in Palimpsest.
* SentientVehicle: The train Sei follows in Palimpsest.
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Deep in the [[DreamLand recesses of dreams]], or so it seems, there lies the city of Palimpsest. It is a city of great terror and wonder, impossible beauty and unimaginable cruelty, known simply as home to its inhabitants. But for the immigrants, the people who come to the city only at night, it is a place so strange that they, outcasts in the real world, find that they have finally found somewhere to belong.
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Deep in the [[DreamLand recesses of dreams]], or so it seems, there lies the city of Palimpsest. It is a city of great terror and wonder, impossible beauty and unimaginable cruelty, known simply as home to its inhabitants. But for the immigrants, the people who come to the city only at night, it is a place so strange that they, outcasts in the real world, find that they have finally found somewhere to belong.
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The novel follows one Quarto: Amaya Sei, a blue-haired, train-obsessed woman from Tokyo; November Aguilar, a Californian beekeeper who orders the world into myriad lists; Oleg Sadakov, a locksmith from New York City who hears the secret yearnings of locks and keys; and Ludovico Conte, Conti, a book binder from Rome who hears his books come to life. This is their journey to immigrate to Palimpsest.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Casimira disagrees.Hester tried to kill herself when she couldn't be rid of Palimpsest.]]
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The novel follows one Quarto: Amaya Sei, a blue-haired, train-obsessed woman from Tokyo; November Aguilar, a Californian beekeeper who orders the world into myriad lists; Oleg Sadakov, a locksmith from New York City who hears the secret yearnings of locks and keys, keys; and Ludovico Conte, a book binder from Rome who hears his books come to life. This is their journey to immigrate to Palimpsest.
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* DownTheRabbitHole: [[spoiler: What's actually going on, even though the characters experience it as a dream.]]
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* SiblingYinYang: Xiaohui wants to share Palimpsest with as many people as possible. Her brother puts a lot of effort into keeping any hint of Palimpsest off public forums.
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* Polyamory: {{Polyamory}}: Nerezza and her two lovers.
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* CityOfAdventure: Palimpsest has everything anybody could possibly be looking for in the way of fantastical obsessions.
* CityOfCanals: Zarzaparilla Street is a milky river covered in coats that must be navigated by gondola.
* CityOfCanals: Zarzaparilla Street is a milky river covered in coats that must be navigated by gondola.
* DoYouWantToCopulate: This is the sexual attitude of most immigrants. They don't care who they're sleeping with. The person is just a way to Palimpsest.
* FriendlyLocalChinatown: Where November meets Xiaohui in San Francisco.
* HappyMarriageCharade: Lucia is so unhappy in her marriage she can hardly breathe. Ludo doesn't notice.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: The Lyudmila in Palimpsest.]]
* LandOfOneCity: As far as anyone can tell, this is what Palimpsest is.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: Lucia flees her marriage to Ludo which she says stifled everything about her true self.
* HappyMarriageCharade: Lucia is so unhappy in her marriage she can hardly breathe. Ludo doesn't notice.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: The Lyudmila in Palimpsest.]]
* LandOfOneCity: As far as anyone can tell, this is what Palimpsest is.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: Lucia flees her marriage to Ludo which she says stifled everything about her true self.
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* Polyamory: Nerezza and her two lovers.
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The novel follows one Quarto: Amaya Sei, a blue-haired, train-obsessed woman from Japan; November, Tokyo; November Aguilar, a Californian beekeeper who orders the world into myriad lists; Oleg, Oleg Sadakov, a locksmith from New York City who hears the secret yearnings of locks and keys, and Ludovico, an Italian Ludovico Conte, a book binder from Rome who hears his books come to life. This is their journey to immigrate to Palimpsest.
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** Xiaohui and her brother also apparently had at least one encounter as she passed the mark to him.
* CreepyChild: Casimira's house. It has kept a room for you.
* CreepyChild: Casimira's house. It has kept a room for you.
* DepravedBisexual: What some people become in order to reach Palimpsest.
* DysfunctionJunction: The four main characters obviously, but pretty much everyone who is touched by Palimpsest has some issues. On one end, they become obsessed with it and can no longer deal with reality. On the other, they become so afraid of it that they will do anything to keep from seeing it.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: There's something very strange going on between Oleg and Lyudmila. [[spoiler: It's worse when you realize this is completely in Oleg's head.]]
* CreepyChild: Casimira's house.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Our protagonists seek escapism for a reason.
** Oleg's sister died before he was born, which has left its mark on his psyche.
** [[spoiler: Sei's mother was probably a little mentally unstable and ultimately killed herself.]]
* CreepyChild: Casimira's house.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Our protagonists seek escapism for a reason.
** Oleg's sister died before he was born, which has left its mark on his psyche.
** [[spoiler: Sei's mother was probably a little mentally unstable and ultimately killed herself.]]
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* NoAntagonist: Ultimately if the characters are struggling with anything, it's their own psychology. [[spoiler: The creatures they encounter in Palimpsest actually ''want'' them to come.]]
* PurpleProse: Fitting with the dreamlike atmosphere of the story. Even the real world portions of the text have a certain purple tint to them.
* NoAntagonist: Ultimately if the characters are struggling with anything, it's their own psychology. [[spoiler: The creatures they encounter in Palimpsest actually ''want'' them to come.]]
* PurpleProse: Fitting with the dreamlike atmosphere of the story. Even the real world portions of the text have a certain purple tint to them.
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* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Oleg's sister drowned Lyudmila appears frequently and counsels him. It's strongly implied she is a hallucination he has when he forgets his medication.]]
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Casimira [[spoiler: Palimpsest in general seems to have an alien code of morals. [[spoiler:Casimira horribly mutilates November, who she claims to be in love with. She claims it is because gaining Palimpsest must be worth a little suffering.]]
* DeadPersonConversation:[[spoiler: Oleg's sister drowned sister Lyudmila appears frequently and counsels him. [[spoiler: It's strongly implied she is a hallucination he has when he forgets his medication.]]
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* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Oleg's sister drowned Lyudmila appears frequently and counsels him. It's strongly implied she is a hallucination he has when he forgets his medication.]]
* DreamLand: Palimpsest. [[spoiler: Casimira disagrees.]]
* DreamLand: Palimpsest. [[spoiler: Casimira disagrees.]]
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[[caption-width-right:310:Sexually transmitted city.]]
''Palimpsest'' is a fantasy novel by Creator/CatherynneMValente.
Deep in the [[DreamLand recesses of dreams]], or so it seems, there lies the city of Palimpsest. It is a city of great terror and wonder, impossible beauty and unimaginable cruelty, known simply as home to its inhabitants. But for the immigrants, the people who come to the city only at night, it is a place so strange that they, outcasts in the real world, find that they have finally found somewhere to belong.
But they cannot stay more than a night at a time. They come to the city in fours, in Quartos, folded together in spirit by an old fortune-teller so that they each feel what the other three feel when they are in the city. There are rumors that immigrants can come to the city permanently, except none of them know how, and none of the locals wish to tell them.
The novel follows one Quarto: Sei, a blue-haired, train-obsessed woman from Japan; November, a Californian beekeeper who orders the world into myriad lists; Oleg, a locksmith from New York City who hears the secret yearnings of locks and keys, and Ludovico, an Italian book binder who hears his books come to life. This is their journey to immigrate to Palimpsest.
Though whether that is a wise choice or not is left up to the reader.
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!! ''Palimpsest'' provides examples of:
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Casimira [[spoiler: horribly mutilates November, who she claims to be in love with. She claims it is because gaining Palimpsest must be worth a little suffering.]]
* FantasticRacism: Palimpsest's inhabitants tend to look down on immigrants.
* SwitchingPOV: The book switches between Sei, November, Oleg, and Ludovico, as well as switching from their normal lives to their Palimpsest adventures.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Once you have entered Palimpsest once, you will go there whenever you have sex, whether you want to or not.
* UnreliableNarrator: All of them. All four narrators are probably a little mad.
* WhatTheHellHero: Lucia chews Ludovico out for being a terrible husband [[spoiler: before she leaves him forever.]]
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Palimpsest about Casimira's immigration policy.
[[caption-width-right:310:Sexually transmitted city.]]
''Palimpsest'' is a fantasy novel by Creator/CatherynneMValente.
Deep in the [[DreamLand recesses of dreams]], or so it seems, there lies the city of Palimpsest. It is a city of great terror and wonder, impossible beauty and unimaginable cruelty, known simply as home to its inhabitants. But for the immigrants, the people who come to the city only at night, it is a place so strange that they, outcasts in the real world, find that they have finally found somewhere to belong.
But they cannot stay more than a night at a time. They come to the city in fours, in Quartos, folded together in spirit by an old fortune-teller so that they each feel what the other three feel when they are in the city. There are rumors that immigrants can come to the city permanently, except none of them know how, and none of the locals wish to tell them.
The novel follows one Quarto: Sei, a blue-haired, train-obsessed woman from Japan; November, a Californian beekeeper who orders the world into myriad lists; Oleg, a locksmith from New York City who hears the secret yearnings of locks and keys, and Ludovico, an Italian book binder who hears his books come to life. This is their journey to immigrate to Palimpsest.
Though whether that is a wise choice or not is left up to the reader.
----
!! ''Palimpsest'' provides examples of:
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Casimira [[spoiler: horribly mutilates November, who she claims to be in love with. She claims it is because gaining Palimpsest must be worth a little suffering.]]
* FantasticRacism: Palimpsest's inhabitants tend to look down on immigrants.
* SwitchingPOV: The book switches between Sei, November, Oleg, and Ludovico, as well as switching from their normal lives to their Palimpsest adventures.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Once you have entered Palimpsest once, you will go there whenever you have sex, whether you want to or not.
* UnreliableNarrator: All of them. All four narrators are probably a little mad.
* WhatTheHellHero: Lucia chews Ludovico out for being a terrible husband [[spoiler: before she leaves him forever.]]
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Palimpsest about Casimira's immigration policy.
