The Making of the Representative of Planet 8: [a novel]

Doris LESSING

ISBN 10: 0224020080 / ISBN 13: 9780224020084

Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1982

About this Item

Uncorrected proof copy. Wrappers. Spine very slightly rubbed, but a nice copy, signed by the author on the title-page. The fourth in the space-fiction series Canopus in Argos: Archives.

Seller Inventory # 19M100115

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Representative of Planet 8: [a novel]
• Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224020080
• ISBN 13: 9780224020084
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Proofs

About this title

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.