Book #14242

Documents Relating To The Sentimental Agents In The Volyen Empire - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Doris Lessing
Book #14242 Documents Relating To The Sentimental Agents In The Volyen Empire - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Doris Lessing.
Documents Relating To The Sentimental Agents In The Volyen Empire - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
ISBN: 0224021303

A charming first edition, first printing in very Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with only a few minor bumps and foxing of page edges. SIGNED and dated February 28, 1985, by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the half title page.

In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. With debased language, propaganda, and political rhetoric as its theme, Vol. V uses social satire to document the disintegration of a weaker empire as agents from the more powerful Canopus, Sirius, and Shammat compete to manipulate Volyen's citizens; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 5; 8vo; [viii], 178, [6] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $219.38

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Author Bio

Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing, born Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Persia, October 22, 1919 is a British writer and author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook.
In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lessing is the oldest person ever to win this award. Doris Lessing passed away on November 17, 2013.

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