The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos #4)

Doris Lessing

ISBN 10: 0586056548 / ISBN 13: 9780586056547

Published by Granada Publishing Ltd., 1983

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The fourth instalment in the visionary novel cycle 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. The handsome, intelligent people of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire know only an idyllic existence on their bountiful planet, its weather consistently nurturing, never harsh. They live long, purposeful, untroubled lives. Then one day The Ice begins, and ice and snow cover the planet's surface. Crops and animals die off, and the people must learn to live with this new desolation. Their only hope is that, as they have been promised, they will be taken from Planet 8 to a new world. But when the Canopean ambassador, Johor, finally arrives, he has devastating news: they will die along with their planet. Slowly they come to understand that their salvation may lie in the creation of one Representative who can save what is most essential to them. Minor wear on cover, pages tanning. 192 pages.

Seller Inventory # 1598218

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos #4)
• Publisher: Granada Publishing Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0586056548
• ISBN 13: 9780586056547
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 600 grams
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Synopsis

Cover worn, some foxing to tanned page edges. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

About the Author

Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include "The Grass is Singing", "The Golden Notebook" and "The Good Terrorist". In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, "The Times" ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013.