{"product_id":"shikasta-isbn-9780394749778","title":"Shikasta","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first volume in the \u003ci\u003eCanopus in Argos: Archives \u003c\/i\u003eseries is presented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters,  speeches and journal entries, and 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003e“An audacious and disturbing work from one of the world’s great living writers.”  –Paul Gray, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“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, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“If the subsequent novels sustain  the power of \u003ci\u003eShikasta\u003c\/i\u003e…this series may well be a masterpiece.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books—novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300412084453,"sku":"NP9780394749778","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780394749778.jpg?v=1767736536","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/shikasta-isbn-9780394749778","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}