Arrival. Book 1 of Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai

TitleArrival. Book 1 of Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai
Year for Search1977
AuthorsNichols, Robert [Molise Boyer](1919-2010)
Date Published1977
PublisherNew Directions
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

First volume of a four volume eutopia about a Southeast Asian country that has a fairly simple, agricultural life but a complex mythology, and the novel includes a number of stories and poems from Nghsi-Altai. The protagonists who visit the country include Santiago Alvarez (1919-98), a Cuban filmmaker, William Blake (1757-1827), Jack Kerouac (1922-69), and William Morris (1834-96) among other writers. See also 1978 and 1979 (2) Nichols. 

Info Notes

A preliminary volume, Nichols, Red Shift. Illus. Peter Schumann. [Thetford, VT: Penny Each Press], 1977 (PSt) serves, according to the author, as an introduction. It is not utopian

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Author Note

(1919-2010)

Full Text

1977 Nichols, Robert [Molise Boyer] (1919-2010). Arrival. Book 1 of Daily Lives in Nghsi-Altai. New York: New Directions. PSt

First volume of a four volume eutopia about a Southeast Asian country that has a fairly simple, agricultural life but a complex mythology, and the novel includes a number of stories and poems from Nghsi-Altai. The protagonists who visit the country include Santiago Alvarez (1919-98), a Cuban filmmaker, William Blake (1757-1827), Jack Kerouac (1922-69), and William Morris (1834-96) among other writers. See also 1978 and 1979 (2) Nichols. A preliminary volume, Nichols, Red Shift. Illus. Peter Schumann. [Thetford, VT: Penny Each Press], 1977 (PSt) serves, according to the author, as an introduction. It is not utopian.