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Physical description; xi,365p. ; 23cm. Subject; Fiction in English.
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From the Publisher
'Magnificent...an astounding book that sets out to chronicle the whole world of humanity, spirit, earth, stars, soul, virtue, evil, pre-Eden forever.' - Myrna Blumberg, The Times
'Profound, relevant and daring' - Rachel Billington, Financial Times
'Shikasta is a piercing diagnosis of the unease spreading through our civilisation. A powerful fable.' - W. L Webb, Guardian
'Shikasta is at once a brief history of the world, a tract against human destructiveness, an ode to the natural beauties of this earth and a hymn to the music of the spheres.' - Time
About the Author
Doris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing', was published in 1950. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade'. Doris Lessing died on 17 November 2013 at the age of 94.
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Shikasta: Re, Colonised Planet 5; Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor
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Shikasta: Re-colonised Planet 5: Personal Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) (Canopus in Argos)
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Shikasta: Re-colonised Planet 5 Canopus in Argos
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, gift notation on front pastedown, slight yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; "This is the first volume in the series of novels Doris Lessing calls collectively Canopus in Archives. Presented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters, speeches and journal entries, this purports to be a general study of the planet Shikastaclearly the planet Earthto be used by history students of the higher planet Canopus and to be stored in the Canopian archives. For eons, galactic empires have struggled against one another, and Shikasta is one of the main battlegrounds. Johar, an emissary from Canopus and the primary contributor to the archives, visits Shikasta over the millennia from the time of the giants and the biblical great flood up to the present. With every visit he tries to distract Shikastans from the evil influences of the planet Shammat but notes with dismay the ever-growing chaos and destruction of Shikasta as its people hurl themselves towards World War III and annihilation.". Seller Inventory # 22129
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Re: colonised planets 5 - SHIKASTA - personal, psychological, historical documents relating to visit by JOHOR (George Sherban)
Published by
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ISBN 10: 0224017675
ISBN 13: 9780224017671
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Hard bound with dustjacket. Condition: Fine copy. 1st UK edition. Jacket design: David Prout. Emissary (grade 9). 87th of the period of the last days. The debut volume in Lessing's 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. Science Fiction series in which the Nobel Prize-Winning (2007) author creates a fictional universe in order to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler - born 1919) is a Zimbabwean-British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. 'Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta' (often shortened to Shikasta) is a 1979 science fiction novel by British Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing, and is the first book in her five-book 'Canopus in Argos' series. It was first published in the United States in October 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf, and in the United Kingdom in November 1979 by Jonathan Cape. Shikasta is also the name of the fictional planet featured in the novel. 364 + (1). Size: 22cmx14cm. Seller Inventory # 027856
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