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The novel consists of three linked novellas, spanning over a thousand years, about a post-apocalyptic monastery in Utah devoted to "Saint Leibowitz" and to preserving knowledge. Through the book we watch the arc of humanity and civilization, fall, rise, fall...
You might think this is a depressing book, but it's filled with a great deal of dark humor. (Holy relics include Leibowitz's shopping list and an illuminated copy of an electronic circuit is decorated with interweaving, climbing vines.) I ...more
You might think this is a depressing book, but it's filled with a great deal of dark humor. (Holy relics include Leibowitz's shopping list and an illuminated copy of an electronic circuit is decorated with interweaving, climbing vines.) I ...more
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