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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Knopf, 1971. Octavo. Hardcover. Black topstain. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear and sticker partially removed on left flap.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Light foxing on top edge of boards, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with small inked letters on the front flap, and light interior foxing.
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Near Fine in very good + jacket. 8vo. [10], 308, [2] pp. Bound in natural cloth, deckle edge, top edge stained blue, title and decoration stamped in gilt on cover and spine, in black dust jacket printed in red, yellow, blue, and white. Date on title page and First Edition stated on copyright page. Near Fine, minor wear to extremities, in Very Good dust jacket with vertical creases to front and rear flaps, minor rubbing to extremities.
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