Items related to A Canticle for Leibowitz
Synopsis
A genuine classic in the post-Apocalyptic speculative fiction genre. First published in 1959.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
Walter M. Miller's acclaimed SF classic A Canticle for Leibowitz opens with the accidental excavation of a holy artifact: a creased, brittle memo scrawled by the hand of the blessed Saint Leibowitz, that reads: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels--bring home for Emma." To the Brothers of Saint Leibowitz, this sacred shopping list penned by an obscure, 20th-century engineer is a symbol of hope from the distant past, from before the Simplification, the fiery atomic holocaust that plunged the earth into darkness and ignorance. As 1984 cautioned against Stalinism, so 1959's A Canticle for Leibowitz warns of the threat and implications of nuclear annihilation. Following a cloister of monks in their Utah abbey over some six or seven hundred years, the funny but bleak Canticle tackles the sociological and religious implications of the cyclical rise and fall of civilization, questioning whether humanity can hope for more than repeating its own history. Divided into three sections--Fiat Homo (Let There Be Man), Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light), and Fiat Voluntas Tua (Thy Will Be Done)--Canticle is steeped in Catholicism and Latin, exploring the fascinating, seemingly capricious process of how and why a person is canonized. --Paul Hughes
From the Publisher
"Extraordinary...chillingly effective."
--Time
"Angry, eloquent...a terrific story."
--The New York Times
"An extraordinary novel...Prodigiously imaginative, richly comic, terrifyingly grim, profound both intellectually and morally, and, above all...simply such a memorable story as to stay with the reader for years."
--Chicago Tribune
"An exciting and imaginative story...Unconditionally recommended."
--Library Journal
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for A Canticle for Leibowitz
Stock Image
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Seller: YESIBOOKSTORE, MIAMI, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: As New. Seller Inventory # 1568655819-VB
Seller Image
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ **SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC**
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. pp: 339. Bound in pictorial dust jacket, black boards with the title and author in gilt running top to bottom on the spine. Jacket art by Peter Jones. The book club edition; smaller in size, and without a price on the front flap. Still, an uncommon book in any type of hard cover. The author was awarded the 1961 Hugo Award for best novel. A near fine copy in a dust jacket with light edge wear, mainly tiny chips. There is light sunning at the base of the spine on the jacket. Seller Inventory # 009044
Buy Used
US$ 111.40
US$ 9.50 shipping
Ships from Canada to U.S.A.
Ships from Canada to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available