Lord Of The Flies - 50th Anniversary Edition
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark of twentieth-century British literature, Lord of the Flies is a chilling allegorical novel that chronicles the rapid descent of a group of young boys into savagery after they are stranded on an uninhabited island without adult supervision. Golding constructs a tense and deeply unsettling narrative around the power struggle between Ralph, who argues for order and civilization, and Jack, whose hunger for dominance unleashes the primal darkness lurking within the group. With mounting dread and precise, vivid prose, the novel illustrates how fragile the veneer of civilization truly is, arguing that violence and tribalism are not societal failures but fundamental aspects of human nature. A sharp and sobering response to the post-World War II era, it remains one of the most powerful and widely studied works of dystopian fiction ever written.
Author: William Golding
Format: Hardback
Published: 2004, Faber and Faber
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark of twentieth-century British literature, Lord of the Flies is a chilling allegorical novel that chronicles the rapid descent of a group of young boys into savagery after they are stranded on an uninhabited island without adult supervision. Golding constructs a tense and deeply unsettling narrative around the power struggle between Ralph, who argues for order and civilization, and Jack, whose hunger for dominance unleashes the primal darkness lurking within the group. With mounting dread and precise, vivid prose, the novel illustrates how fragile the veneer of civilization truly is, arguing that violence and tribalism are not societal failures but fundamental aspects of human nature. A sharp and sobering response to the post-World War II era, it remains one of the most powerful and widely studied works of dystopian fiction ever written.