The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos: Archives) (First Edition)

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 039451906X / ISBN 13: 9780394519067

Published by Knopf, New York, 1982

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Full black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on jacket flap ($11.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy. Octavo, 146 pages. The fourth novel in Lessing's "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series, a cycle of speculative fiction exploring civilization, evolution, and interstellar influence across time and space. The five books in the series are: "Shikasta" (1979), "The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five" (1980), "The Sirian Experiments" (1981), "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" (1982), and "The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire" (1983). Initially divisive for its departure from realism, the series was later recognized for its visionary scope and philosophical depth. Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007 and received other major honors including the Somerset Maugham Award, the Prix Médicis étranger, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos: Archives) (First Edition)
• Publisher: Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039451906X
• ISBN 13: 9780394519067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nobel Prize in Literature

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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.