Canopus in Argos: Archives - Five Volumes: Re: Colonised Planet Five SHIKASTA; The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five; The Sirian Experiments; The Making of the Representative for Planet 8: Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 0394507320 / ISBN 13: 9780394507323

Edité par Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979

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Five Volumes 8vo., 148pp. Beautiful Stated First American Editions of Lessing's Magnus Opus, published between 1979 and 1983. Uniformly bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. All volumes are square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jackets , ($15.95), have a hint of edge-wear and Volume 1 has a 1" closed tear on the rear panel. All are fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or toning. A gorgeous collectable set at a great price.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Canopus in Argos: Archives - Five Volumes: Re: Colonised Planet Five SHIKASTA; The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five; The Sirian Experiments; The Making of the Representative for Planet 8: Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents
• Éditeur: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Date de parution: 1979
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0394507320
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780394507323
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Modern Literature
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

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Synopsis

Book by Lessing Doris

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the first volume in the series of novels Doris Lessing calls collectively Canopus in Argos: Archives. Presented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters, speeches and journal entries, this purports to be a general study of the planet Shikasta–clearly the planet Earth–to be used by history students of the higher planet Canopus and to be stored in the Canopian archives. For eons, galactic empires have struggled against one another, and Shikasta is one of the main battlegrounds.Johar, an emissary from Canopus and the primary contributor to the archives, visits Shikasta over the millennia from the time of the giants and the biblical great flood up to the present. With every visit he tries to distract Shikastans from the evil influences of the planet Shammat but notes with dismay the ever-growing chaos and destruction of Shikasta as its people hurl themselves towards World War III and annihilation.