num_pages: 157
description: 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 8000 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.
language: English
title: Aniara
publisher: Story Line Press