Harry Martinson,Stephen Klass,Leif SjÃ¶berg
The great Swedish writer Harry Martinson published his masterpiece, Aniara, during the height of the Cold War -- right after the Soviet Union announced that it had exploded the hydrogen bomb. Aniara is the story of a luxurious space ship, loaded with 8,000 evacuees, fleeing an Earth made uninhabitable by Man's technological arrogance. A malfunction knocks the craft off course, taking these would-be Mars colonists on an irreversible journey into deep space. Aniara is a book of prophecy, a panoramic view of humanity's possible fate. It has been translated into seven languages and adapted into a popular avant-garde opera. This volume is the first complete English language version and received the prestigious American Scandinavian Foundation Award.
Poetry,Science Fiction,Classics,European Literature,Swedish Literature,Fiction,Nobel Prize,European Literature,Scandinavian Literature,Cultural,Sweden,Science Fiction,Dystopia,Fantasy
Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem