Lord of the Flies - Brossura

Golding, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571084834 ISBN 13: 9780571084838

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 1973

Riassunto

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. In this, his first novel, William Golding gave the traditional adventure story an ironic, devastating twist. The boys' delicate sense of order fades, and their childish fears are transformed into something deeper and more primitive. Their games take on a horrible significance, and before long the well-behaved party of schoolboys has turned into a tribe of faceless, murderous savages. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognized as a classic, one of the most celebrated of all modern novels.

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Descrizione del libro:

Lord of the Flies is William Golding's classic debut novel, now one of the most celebrated literary works of the twentieth century.

L'autore:

William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and was filmed by Peter Brook in 1963. He won the Booker Prize for his novel Rites of Passage in 1980, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He was knighted in 1988. He died at his home in the summer of 1993.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0571084834
• ISBN 13: 9780571084838
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240