The Sirian Experiments : The Report by Ambien II, of the Five (Canopus in Argos)

Lessing, Doris May

ISBN 10: 0224018914 / ISBN 13: 9780224018913

Published by J. Cape, 1981

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Very Good + copy. (see picture) 288 pages. All clean,tight and bright.Owner's name on the first page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sirian Experiments : The Report by Ambien II, of the Five (Canopus in Argos)
• Publisher: J. Cape
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224018914
• ISBN 13: 9780224018913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +

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Synopsis

The third 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.

From the Publisher

'The story Ambien tells is a panorama of the posibilities of civilisation and barbarism, ranging from a matriarchal version of Atlantis to the Aztec cult of human sacrifice. Doris Lessing's interests are strictly terrestrial an the figures from outer space are there to serve as tellers of an earthly tale providing a new, sometimes startling, perspective on earthly affairs and a largeless of vision beyond the horizon of the conventional novel.' - Robert Alter, New York Times

'One of our greatest contemporary writers...Doris Lessing has invented a new cosmology to look at the world in new way: she is attempting to tackle nothing less than all human life on Earth.' - Financial Times