The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Language: English
Publisher: Millennium / Gollancz
Published: Jan 1, 1972
Date Read:
Apr 1, 2013
Form:
Novel
Pages:
250
Read Status:
read
Shelves:
read
Word Count:
91103
Book Details
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Description:
Far from Earth two sister planets, Sainte Anne and Sainte Croix, circle each other. It is said that a race of shapeshifting aliens once lived here, only to become extinct when human colonists arrived. But one man believes they still exist, somewhere out in the wilderness.In The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe brilliantly interweaves three tales: a scientist¿s son gradual discovery of the bizarre secret of his heritage; a young man¿s mythic dreamquest for his darker half; the mystifying chronicle of an anthropologist¿s seemingly-arbitrary imprisonment. Gradually, a mesmerising pattern emerges.