Shikasta: Re: Colonised Planet 5: Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) Emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the Last Period of the Last Days
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0006547192 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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'Magnificent an astouding book that sets out to chronicle the whole world of humanity, spirit, earth, stars, soul, virtue, evil, pre-Eden forever' Myrna Blumberg, The Times 'Profound, relevant and daring' Rachel Billington, Financial Times 'Shikasta is a piercing diagnosis of the unease spreading through our civilization. A powerful fable.' W.L. Webb, Guardian 'Shikasta is at once a brief history of the world, a tract against human destructiveness, an ode to the natural beauties of this earth and a hymn to the music of the spheres.' Time
"Nobel Prize Winning Nonsense" according to Derek. Recommended to me by a friend, as a rare piece of science-fiction by a Nobel prize winner in literature. I found the prose largely impossible to comprehend. To this day I could not tell you what the story was about, or what the arc of the plot was. And this is shocking, as I do read some pretty arcane stuff.. wiredweird said Like the series, but. Lessing's criticism of the twentieth century is pointed, somtimes funny, and ultimately hopeful. The other four books in her 'Canopus' series are much stronger, though.Shikasta - the outsider's name for Earth - is presented in a series of vingettes, case studies, and partial exchanges of letters. Perhaps the intent was to create a mos. "The best in socio-cultural sci-fi" according to Ann Deden. Shikasta is my all-time favorite sci-fi book -- and I've been reading sci-fi for over The best in socio-cultural sci-fi Ann Deden Shikasta is my all-time favorite sci-fi book -- and I've been reading sci-fi for over 40 years! If you like Ursula LeGuin's work, you'll love Shikasta, by Doris Lessing. It is a gripping, visionary tale. Written over 20 years ago, the story seems prophetic, as it describes much that is happening on our planet today. But it's not a soc. 0 years! If you like Ursula LeGuin's work, you'll love Shikasta, by Doris Lessing. It is a gripping, visionary tale. Written over 20 years ago, the story seems prophetic, as it describes much that is happening on our planet today. But it's not a soc
Earth, now named Shikasta (the Stricken) by the kindly, paternalistic Canopeans who colonised it many centuries ago, is under the influence of the evil empire of Puttiora. From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the first instalment in the visionary novel cycle 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. Blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction.. War, famine, disease and environmental disasters ravage the planet. To Joh
Doris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade'. . Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. Her first novel, 'The Gras