A Voyage to Arcturus

by Lindsay David Lindsay, David Lindsay

Overview

The Scottish writer David Lindsay first published this novel in 1920. The hero travels through several imaginary lands, each representing a state of mind. In each land he meets one or two people and learns something before the people he meets die. He realizes his death is near. Good and evil are developed through fantasy and the author uses each land to critique a philosophical system. After reading this work C S Lewis wrote his famous space trilogy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604242348
Publisher:	Book Jungle
Publication date:	09/27/2007
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.58(d)

Editorial Reviews

Calvinist mysticism, triple-distilled, is the dangerous juice that fuels this blazingly strange Scottish rocket-ship of a novel from 1920...brilliant...unique...

Glasgow Herald