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

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 039451906X / ISBN 13: 9780394519067

Published by Knopf, 1982

About this Item

[First edition stated] VG, unmarked HB; DJ-Good, small chips, tears.

Seller Inventory # 049106

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos: Archives)
• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039451906X
• ISBN 13: 9780394519067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • 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.