THIS DYSTOPIAN CLASSIC IS 'EXCITING, RELEVANT AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING'
(STEPHEN KING). WHEN A GROUP OF SCHOOLBOYS ARE STRANDED ON A DESERT
ISLAND, WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'
'One of my favorite books - I read it every couple of years.' SUZANNE
COLLINS, AUTHOR OF _THE HUNGER GAMES_
_WHAT ARE WE? HUMANS? OR ANIMALS? OR SAVAGES? WHAT'S GROWN-UPS GOING
TO THINK? GOING OFF-HUNTING PIGS-LETTING FIRES OUT-AND NOW!_
A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of
schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit,
seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon.
At night, in the darkness of the jungle, they are haunted by
nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, they must forge
their own; but it isn't long before their innocent games devolve into
a murderous hunt ...
'Thrills me with all the power a fiction can have ... Exemplary.' IAN
MCEWAN
'An existential fable backlit with death's incandescent glare.' BEN
OKRI
'Violently real ... An apocalyptic novelist [who writes with] humanist
rage and defiance.' MARLON JAMES
'Beautiful and desperate, something quite out of the ordinary.' STEVIE
SMITH
'Beautifully written, tragic and provocative.' E. M. Forster
'A fragment of nightmare.' _NEW STATESMAN_
'A post-apocalyptic, dystopian survivor-fantasy ... [A novel] for all
time ... A cult classic.' _GUARDIAN_
'Stands out mightily in my memory ... Such a strong statement about
the human heart.' PATRICIA CORNWELL
'Terrifying and haunting.' KINGSLEY AMIS
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
'EVERY REAL HUMAN BEING SHOULD READ THIS ... THIS IS WHAT WE ARE.'
'IT'S BRILLIANT, IT'S CAPTIVATING, IT'S THOUGHT PROVOKING AND BRUTAL
AND FOR SOME, ITS TRULY TERRIFYING.'
'IT CAN BE READ AND RE-READ MANY TIMES, AND EVERY TIME SOMETHING NEW
WILL APPEAR.'
'THERE IS A REASON WHY THIS IS STUDIED AT SCHOOL ... EXCELLENT READ.'
'THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS I'VE READ THAT I KEEP ON MY KINDLE TO
READ AGAIN.'
'I REVISIT THIS EVERY FEW YEARS AND IT'S ALWAYS FRESH AND IMPRESSIVE
... ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ.'
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ISBN
9780571267385
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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