The Making of the Representative for Planet 8

Doris Lessing

ISBN 10: 0224020080 / ISBN 13: 9780224020084

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1982

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A fine 1st impression in a near fine dustwrapper. Signed by the Author on the title page. Dustwrapper price clipped and repriced via a label by the publisher.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224020080
• ISBN 13: 9780224020084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • ScIence Fiction & Fantasy

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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.