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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
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'Shikasta' is the first volume in Doris Lessing's celebrated space fiction series, 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. In this interlinked quintet of novels, she creates a new, extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their enemy, Puttiora. 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.
In 'Shikasta' the story of the final days of our planet is told through the reports of Johor, an emissary sent from Canopus. Twentieth-century Earth, named 'Shikasta, the stricken' by the kindly, paternalistic Canopeans who colonised it many centuries ago, is under the influence of the evil empire, Puttiora. War, famine, disease and environmental disasters ravage the planet. To Johor, mankind is a 'totally crazed species', racing towards annihilation: his orders to save humanity set him what seems to be an impossible task.
"Magnificent...an astounding 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 civilisation. 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
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Shikasta: Re-colonised Planet 5: Personal Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor (George Sherban) (Canopus in Argos)
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Re: colonised planets 5 - SHIKASTA - personal, psychological, historical documents relating to visit by JOHOR (George Sherban)
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Hard bound with dustjacket. Condition: Fine copy. 1st UK edition. Jacket design: David Prout. Emissary (grade 9). 87th of the period of the last days. The debut volume in Lessing's 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. Science Fiction series in which the Nobel Prize-Winning (2007) author creates a fictional universe in order to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. Doris May Lessing CH (née Tayler - born 1919) is a Zimbabwean-British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. 'Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta' (often shortened to Shikasta) is a 1979 science fiction novel by British Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing, and is the first book in her five-book 'Canopus in Argos' series. It was first published in the United States in October 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf, and in the United Kingdom in November 1979 by Jonathan Cape. Shikasta is also the name of the fictional planet featured in the novel. 364 + (1). Size: 22cmx14cm. Seller Inventory # 027856
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