3.9
Fantasy & SciFi
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature—a chilling and still-provocative look at a postapocalyptic future.
In a nightmarish, ruined world, slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infantile rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes.
Seriously funny, stunning, tragic, eternally fresh, imaginative, and altogether remarkable, A Canticle for Leibowitz retains its ability to enthrall and amaze. It is now, as it always has been, a masterpiece.
© 2007 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbok): 9781483053158
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 2. april 2007
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3.9
Fantasy & SciFi
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature—a chilling and still-provocative look at a postapocalyptic future.
In a nightmarish, ruined world, slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infantile rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes.
Seriously funny, stunning, tragic, eternally fresh, imaginative, and altogether remarkable, A Canticle for Leibowitz retains its ability to enthrall and amaze. It is now, as it always has been, a masterpiece.
© 2007 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbok): 9781483053158
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 2. april 2007
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Anne-Marie
28. nov. 2021
En utrolig interessant bok! Kort sagt kan man oppsummere hovedkonflikten som den mellom religion og vitenskap. Og så stiller den det store spørsmålet: Kan og vil egentlig mennesker lære av historien?
Ole
9. jan. 2024
En bok jeg kommer til å huske resten av livet. Trist men tankevekkende, og et ganske godt bilde på hvordan livet og vi mennesker er. Ikke en bok jeg kunne anbefalt til hvem som helst, men topp etter min målestokk.
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