Scheerbart, Paul
Lesabendio
- ISBN 13:
- 9780984115594
- author:
- Scheerbart, Paul
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Wakefield Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions:
- 15 x 2.5 x 23 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Paul Scheerbart's Lesabéndio is an intergalactic utopian novel that explores life on the planetoid Pallas. In this world, rubbery suction-footed creatures with telescopic eyes live in harmony under violet skies and green stars. A visionary named Lesabéndio hatches a plan to build a 44-mile-high tower, using architecture to connect the two halves of their double star. This novel is notable for its cosmic ecological themes and has been admired by architects such as Bruno Taut and Walter Gropius, as well as thinkers like Walter Benjamin. The book's positive political possibilities have been seen as an alternative to conservative approaches to preservation. This edition includes Alfred Kubin's illustrations from the original German edition. Lesabéndio is a unique blend of natural wonder and philosophical insight, inviting readers to imagine a different way of living in harmony with the universe.