2025 November - Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space by Harry Martinson

[Book Nerd, Purple Book Horse]

Embark on an unforgettable voyage with " A Review of Man in Time and Space," the masterpiece by Nobel laureate Harry Martinson. This profound and captivating epic poem takes readers on a cosmic journey aboard the spaceship Aniara, which, after a catastrophic navigation error, drifts hopelessly into the vastness of space with its passengers from a war-torn Earth.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

I'm having a hard time getting this.

[Jen]

It's on Internet Archive for anyone interested and doesn't mind this format

https://archive.org/details/aniararev...

I'm so curious about this one.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

Thanks, Jen.

[Book Nerd, Purple Book Horse]

I found it pretty odd. It's probably something that loses a lot in translation.

[Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar]

I read this on Internet Archive in a nicely-formatted version.
I enjoy reading poetry and found this space-epic well worth reading. It's imaginative, intriguing and beautiful.
They spent 25 years in the space ship Aniara just drifting through space towards the constellation Lyra.
You could sense the changes that ocurred during the course of that journey through poems in various styles.
Now I need to read Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon again.

[Book Nerd, Purple Book Horse]

It was very poetic and dreamlike.

Have you ever read The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe? I'm betting Aniara was an inspiration for that.