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Shikasta

By Doris Lessing

Shikasta Contemporary literature

Shikasta

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Description
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the first instalment in the visionary novel cycle 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. The story of the final days of our planet is told through the reports of Johor, an emissary sent from Canopus. Earth, now named Shikasta (the Stricken) by the kindly, paternalistic Canopeans who colonised it many centuries ago, is under the influence of the evil empire of Puttiora. War, famine, disease and environmental disasters ravage the planet. To Johor, mankind is a 'totally crazed species', racing towards annihilation: his orders to save humanity set him what seems to be an impossible task. Blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
1994-05-23
Publication Date:
1994-05-23
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
000718011X0006547192
ISBN13:
9780006547198
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
293 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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