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

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 0394512316 / ISBN 13: 9780394512310

Published by Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York, 1981

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Black covers in a tan & blue dust jacket - now protected in a clear wrapper. 8vo, 288 pages.

Seller Inventory # 095258

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sirian Experiments: The Report by Ambien Ii, of the Five (Canopus in Argos--Archives)
• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394512316
• ISBN 13: 9780394512310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

The third volume of Lessing's visionary series is the first-person account of Ambien II, a female ruler of the Sirian empire who slowly realizes how sophisticated the Canopus empire is and attempts to effect a similar society

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