num_pages: 338
description: In celebration of the publication of the sequel Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman comes this special edition of the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, a novel that transcends genre to stand as one of the most significant literary works of our time.In the Utah desert, Brother Francis of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: the relics of the martyr Isaac Leibowitz himself, including the blessed blueprint and the sacred shopping list. They may provide a bright ray of hope in a terrifying age of darkness, a time of ignorance and genetic monsters that are the unholy aftermath of the Flame Deluge. But as the spellbinding mystery at the core of this extraordinary novel unfolds, it is the search itself—for meaning, for truth, for love—that offers hope to a humanity teetering on the edge of an abyss.A timeless and still timely masterpiece, A Canticle for Leibowitz is a classic that ranks with Brave New World and 1984.
language: English
title: A Canticle for Leibowitz
titlecomplete: A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
characters: Benjamin Eleazar bar Joshua, Isaac Edward Leibowitz
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Religion, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy
ratings_count: 106967
series: St. Leibowitz
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Locus Award
category: All-Time Best Novel
publisher: Bantam Spectra