War with the Newts (Original title: Valka S Mloky)
by Capek, Karel
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VERY GOOD-
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Berkley Medallion (#D3168), 1976. (2nd printing). Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, slight page yellowing, clean faint tilt. Rubbed, chipped edges, reading crease on spine, owner' name on summary page. Originally published in 1936 in Czech. "They were called devils by the natives when Captain Van Toch first discovered them near an island off the coast of Sumatra. A little known species of salamander, they were the size of a ten-year-old boy, with a parrot-like capacity to repeat human speech, and a beaver-like talent for building dams..."
Synopsis
War with the Newts (Válka s mloky in the original Czech), also translated as War with the Salamanders, is a 1936 satirical science fiction story by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, the Newts, who are initially enslaved and exploited. They acquire human knowledge and rebel, leading to a global war for supremacy.
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- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00P015
- Title
- War with the Newts (Original title: Valka S Mloky)
- Author
- Capek, Karel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Edition
- (2nd printing)
- Publisher
- Berkley Medallion (#D3168)
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Vintage Paperback
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION - SciFi & Fantasy;
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