{"product_id":"shikasta-doris-lessing-9780394749778","title":"Shikasta: Re, Colonised Planet 5","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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doris Lessing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0394749774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394749778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2007 pg. 73","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046139818239,"sku":"9780394749778","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd54d773-f0c7-461d-bc30-b0c9f5f47875.jpg?v=1684982866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shikasta-doris-lessing-9780394749778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}