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Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem

by Harry Martinson · 1956

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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.

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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of this
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SwedenSwedenMore like thisLess of thisScandinaviaScandinaviaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 157 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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