Walter M. Miller

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature -- a chilling and still-provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future. In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes. Seriously funny, stunning, and tragic, eternally fresh, imaginative, and altogether remarkable, A Canticle for Leibowitz retains its ability to enthrall and amaze. It is now, as it always has been, a masterpiece.

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Lobgesang auf Leibowitz.

Tânia Isabel Pereira Vaz

Passados séculos, os monges da Ordem de Leibowitz herdam as relíquias sagradas. As suas vidas são passadas a copiar, iluminar e interpretar os fragmentos sagrados, criando lentamente uma nova Renascença num mundo bárbaro e destruído. Prometem preservar o conhecimento antigo até que a Humanidade esteja preparada para o receber de novo. Mas iria o Homem aprender com os erros do passado ou a História voltaria a repetir-se?

Um cântico a Leibowitz

The sequel to "A Canticle for Leibowitz" continues its chronicle of life in America after World War III, in a tale of the survival of the human spirit

Walter M. Miller

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