Based on the work of psychoanalyst R. D. Laing, this novel explores issues of psychic wholeness. Charles Watkins, a Cambridge University classics professor, is navigating the Atlantic Ocean on a raft after a UFO has abducted his companions. He arrives at an island where he finds the ruins of an ancient city. There, he is transported to a sort of Mount Olympus, where Greek gods are about to send down representatives to Earth to be born-- they are being briefed before their descent into what they call "poisonous Hell." Then ...
Read More
Based on the work of psychoanalyst R. D. Laing, this novel explores issues of psychic wholeness. Charles Watkins, a Cambridge University classics professor, is navigating the Atlantic Ocean on a raft after a UFO has abducted his companions. He arrives at an island where he finds the ruins of an ancient city. There, he is transported to a sort of Mount Olympus, where Greek gods are about to send down representatives to Earth to be born-- they are being briefed before their descent into what they call "poisonous Hell." Then Watkins is found on London streets and admitted to a mental hospital. He is plagued by a lack of his own memory, yet he has memories of things he never did. He is given drugs, analysis, none of which works. Upon shock treatment, however, his personality becomes integrated.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0394421981. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book is in excellent condition, the former owner's name on the blank end-paper is the only remarkable flaw, the black jacket shows rubbing to the glossy surface but it is clean and presentable and there are no other remarkable flaws, the original price (6.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; 308 pages.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. 4th printing. Full cloth binding with light foxing. Unmarked inside. 308pp. Jacket is price-clipped, in a protective mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Foredge lightly foxed, boards with a touch of toning, very good in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with a 1" creased tear on the front panel that has been externally and internally tape repaired, slight rubbing and modest edgewear.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. In mylar. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 308pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight, superb first edition of the Nobel Prize winner's best known novel.