Shikasta

Re, Colonised Planet 5

By: Doris Lessing

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Paperback | 12 August 1981

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384 Pages

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20 x 13.5 x 2.5

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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.

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"An audacious and disturbing work from one of the world's great living writers." -Paul Gray, Time"A stunning book.... Read it, read Lessing like a message of hope in dark times...read her for a winter's evening entertainment; read her to nourish your soul." -Frank Pierson, Los Angeles Times"If the subsequent novels sustain the power of Shikasta...this series may well be a masterpiece." -The Atlantic

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