Shikasta
Re, Colonized Planet 5 : Personal, Psychological, Historical Documents Relating to Visit by Johor
Lessing, Doris May
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
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 Shikastaclearly the planet Earthto 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.
BOOK REVIEWS
An audacious and disturbing work from one of the worlds great living writers. Paul Gray, Time
A stunning book. Read it, read Lessing like a message of hope in dark timesread her for a winters evening entertainment; read her to nourish your soul. Frank Pierson, Los Angeles Times
If the subsequent novels sustain the power of Shikastathis series may well be a masterpiece. The Atlantic
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0394749774
ISBN(13-digit): 9780394749778
Dewey Decimal: 823/.914
Library of Congress: 81040194
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
Paper Weight (lb): 1.1063 lb
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