Lord of the Flies
Descriere
One of my favorite books - I read it every couple of years.' (Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games) A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they discover fantastic wildlife and dazzling beaches, learning to survive; at night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, it isn't long before their innocent childhood games devolve into a savage, murderous hunt ...
Stands out mightily in my memory ... Such a strong statement about the human heart. - Patricia Cornwell Terrifying and haunting. - Kingsley Amis
Beautifully written, tragic and provocative. - E. M. Forster
Despre autor
Sir William Gerald Golding a fost un romancier britanic, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru literatură în 1983. El prezintă în romanele sale criza conștiinței omului modern confruntat cu problemele realității contemporane.
