The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five: As Narrated by the Chroniclers of Zone Three
by:
Doris Lessing (author)
The second in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle "Canopus in Argos: Archives". It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.
The second in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle "Canopus in Argos: Archives". It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780006547204 (0006547206)
Publish date: May 23rd 1994
Publisher: Flamingo
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Canopus in Argos (#2)
Like Shikasta, this book is also a bit of a mess, but with some brilliant moments. My favorite scene occurs near the beginning. AlĀ·Ith (I don't know how you're supposed to pronounce it either), the proud, independently-minded queen of Zone Three, has somehow been obliged to marry Ben Ata, the coarse...