Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and SpaceThe 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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Page 91
... Chamber Three . I'm there now , singing " Ah the Dale , ah me ! " and " Little Bird out in the Rosewoods Yonder . " But also " The Cast - Iron Song " a Gonder sings so often here in our goldonder . All struggling for heaven is a ...
... Chamber Three . I'm there now , singing " Ah the Dale , ah me ! " and " Little Bird out in the Rosewoods Yonder . " But also " The Cast - Iron Song " a Gonder sings so often here in our goldonder . All struggling for heaven is a ...
Page 146
... chamber where a crowd of cosmic emigrants sat shivering yet . Playing the infinite in mortal chess , there they fiddled with their deathly problems , and one of them who quietly went mad stepped up magniloquent on verbal ladders to ...
... chamber where a crowd of cosmic emigrants sat shivering yet . Playing the infinite in mortal chess , there they fiddled with their deathly problems , and one of them who quietly went mad stepped up magniloquent on verbal ladders to ...
Page 153
... chambers over by Ygol : Reminiscent of the Hitler's Europe . gas chambers of Bluebird : Perhaps Maurice Maeterlinck's Blue Bird , from his drama ( 1908 ) of that name , a bird which , if captured , will tell man all there is to know ...
... chambers over by Ygol : Reminiscent of the Hitler's Europe . gas chambers of Bluebird : Perhaps Maurice Maeterlinck's Blue Bird , from his drama ( 1908 ) of that name , a bird which , if captured , will tell man all there is to know ...
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Adelphi University Aleph Numbers Aniara Aniara-town arch-comic Sandon beauty blaze blind blue bubble burst called chamber Chebeba Chefone Chefone's cold Dagens Nyheter dance dark dead death detonated Doraíma Doric Doris Dorisburg Dorisvale dreams Earth emigrants empty everything eyes female pilot Finger-singer flame flying plantations forever galaxy Ghazilnut glass goldonder Gond Gondian Gopta hard Harry Martinson heard heart Heba High Command human images inside Isagel journey Kalevala Karelia land of Rind Libidel Libidella light light-year look lovely loxodrome Lyre mankind Mars Martian Martinson mima Mima's grave Mima's hall Mimarobe mind mirror moonwood mystery never night Nobby Nobia once one's phototurb plantations of space play Poem poetess pre-goldondic punch-card round ship silence songs soul space-ship stands star stones superliner Swedish tears things thinking thought thousand thrasonical translation Tundra turned Vinland visions voice void webe wind woman words Xinombra Yaal yurg