Shikasta. Lessing D.

Creativity Doris Lessing (b.1919) is truly multifaceted, among her works, works belonging to a variety of genres: from anti -colonial novels to philosophical science fiction. In 2007, Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in the literature “For the executed skepticism, passion and visionary power to comprehend the experience of women.”

the novel “Shikasta” opens the famous “Space” cycle “Canopus in Argos: Archives”, Which includes five works that tell about the confrontation of the three largest cosmic empires - canopus, Sirius and Puttiors.

In this book, Doris Lessing, skillfully combining the elements of the myth and science fiction, in an allegorical form tells about the distant future, about The last days of our planet, when terrible disasters are falling on Earth (cosmic colonialists) - wars, hunger, epidemics and all kinds of cataclysms. In order to save the dying planet, the emissary Johor's authority sends there, the agents of evil Puttiors are opposed to him...

"I do not tire of repeating that science fiction, cosmic science fiction is the most peculiar branch of literature, the genre is the most inventive and witty. Fiction revived the literature in general. ”

(Doris Lessing).

“ We are once again convinced that Doris Lessing belongs to the number of the most wise and intelligent writers of our time. ”

(Philadelphia bulletin).