Lord of the Flies
by Golding, William; Forster, E. M. (Introduction by)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1573226122
- ISBN 13
- 9781573226127
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About This Item
New York: Riverhead Books, 1997. xv, 256 pages; 21 cm. First published, 1954. With a biographical and critical note by E. L. Epstein. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "Before The Hunger Games there was Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them--the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories--and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible.Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
Synopsis
Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how culture created by man fails, using as an example a group of British schoolboys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, but with disastrous results.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- 114256
- Title
- Lord of the Flies
- Author
- Golding, William; Forster, E. M. (Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1573226122
- ISBN 13
- 9781573226127
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo
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