内容简介
ThisisthefirstvolumeintheseriesofnovelsDorisLessingcallscollectivelyCanopusinArgos:Archives.Presentedasacompilationofdocuments,reports,letters,speechesandjournalentries,thispurportstobeageneralstudyoftheplanetShikasta–clearlytheplanetEarth–tobeusedbyhistorystudentsofthehigherplanetCanopusandtobestoredintheCanopianarchives.Foreons,galacticempireshavestruggledagainstoneanother,andShikastaisoneofthemainbattlegrounds.Johar,anemissaryfromCanopusandtheprimarycontributortothearchives,visitsShikastaoverthemillenniafromthetimeofthegiantsandthebiblicalgreatflooduptothepresent.WitheveryvisithetriestodistractShikastansfromtheevilinfluencesoftheplanetShammatbutnoteswithdismaytheever-growingchaosanddestructionofShikastaasitspeoplehurlthemselvestowardsWorldWarIIIandannihilation.
作者简介
DorisLessingwasbornofBritishparentsinPersia,in1919,andmovedwithherfamilytoSouthernRhodesiawhenshewasfiveyearsold.ShewenttoEnglandin1949andhaslivedthereeversince.Sheistheauthorofmorethanthirtybooks—novels,stories,reportage,poems,andplays.In2007,shewasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature.,,