THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PLANET 8

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 039451906X / ISBN 13: 9780394519067

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982

About this Item

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fourth book of the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-264. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 412. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with 12x20 v-chip from bottom edge of front panel and some general light dust soiling. (#131202).

Seller Inventory # 131202

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PLANET 8
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039451906X
• ISBN 13: 9780394519067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women
  • Utopian Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Planet 8, a prosperous world with intelligent, vital inhabitants, is transformed by an Ice Age, a change that causes a critical variation in lifestyle and a drastic reappraisal of the meaning and value of life

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.