The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos) (a first printing)

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 0224020080 / ISBN 13: 9780224020084

Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd,uk, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos) (a first printing)
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd,uk
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224020080
• ISBN 13: 9780224020084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The fourth in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle "Canopus in Argos: Archives". It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.

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.