Calisher, Hortense — Journal from Ellipsia

Little Brown & Company, Boston, USA, 1965. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Beige Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Titles & contents list to front. Hortense Calisher was an American writer of fiction and the second female president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. This novel is a humorous satire and loving tribute to science fiction that delves into the tenuous relationship between science and the humanities by asking, What does it mean to be human? A genderless alien from Ellipsia, a planet whose inhabitants have no concept of individuality, comes to Earth on an intergalactic exchange program to learn how to become human. To live here, the traveller must study and understand our inclinations for seeing people as distinct beings - the nature of gender, and at the heart of identity, the word I. At once funny and serious, Journal from Ellipsia offers a starkly objective view on our own humanity. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 375 pages. Mark to fep from library label glue. in library acetate film protection but taped to cloth covers. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. Library stamps to pre-title page & to end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Women & Feminism; Novels; Literature & Literary; American Literature; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Inventory No: 5116.