num_pages: 368
description: In a barbarous and fallen world, the monks of the Order of Leibowitz inherit the sacred relics and spend their lives copying, illuminating and interpreting the holy fragments. They vow to preserve ancient knowledge, but will man learn from his mistakes or will history repeat itself?
language: English
title: A Canticle For Leibowitz
titlecomplete: A Canticle For Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
characters: Isaac Edward Leibowitz, Benjamin Eleazar bar Joshua
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Religion, Speculative Fiction, Apocalyptic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Fantasy, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 106959
series: St. Leibowitz
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Locus Award
category: All-Time Best Novel
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group