A canticle for Leibowitz
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Publication
2006 - Eos, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
83,500 words, Guess
Page Count
334 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17905242M
- ISBN-139780060892999
- ISBN-100060892994
- OCLC Control Number68566320
- OCLC Control Numbercanticleforleibo0000mill_k7c7
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2006046371
- Goodreads164154
- LibraryThing48053
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3563.I4215 C3 2006
- DDC823.91F
Description
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". The monks preserve for centuries what little science there is, and have saved the science texts and blueprints from destruction many times, also making beautifully illuminated copies. As the story opens to a world run on a basically fuedal lines, science is again becoming fashionable, as a hobby of rich men, at perhaps 18th or early 19th century level of comprehesion. A local lord, interested in science, comes to the monastery. What happens after that is an exquisitely told tale, stunning and extremely moving, totally different from any other After the Holocaust story
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