num_pages: 313
description: To escape the European horror, Mr Sammler was obliged to crawl from his own grave, and to kill. He is assured by Dr Lal that a perfect society is attainable, on the moon. Meanwhile on Mr Sammler's planet, so recognizably our own, there seems little chance of attaining it.
language: English
title: Mr. Sammler's Planet
titlecomplete: Mr. Sammler's Planet
characters: Shula Sammler, Artur Sammler, Elya Gruner, Govinda Lal, Wallace Gruner, Eisen, Angela Gruner, Lionel Feffer, Margotte Arkin
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, The United States Of America, Nobel Prize, American, Literary Fiction, Literature, Jewish, Novels
ratings_count: 3620
places: New York City, New York, New York (State), New Rochelle, New York
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Classics