Román „Věž“ se odehrává ve středověku, zřejmě ve 14. století, a dějištěm je podle všeho Salisbury, kde Golding sám dosti dlouho působil jako učitel. Jedním z podnětů k napsání tohoto románu... Čítať ďalej
A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their... Čítať ďalej
Originally published in 1954, William Golding's Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times. A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys... Čítať ďalej
When -Lord of the Flies- appeared in 1954 it received unprecedented reviews for a first novel. Critics used such phrases as -beautifully writeen, tragic and provocative... vivid and enthralling... this beautiful... Čítať ďalej
Golding's best-known novel is the story of a group of boys who, after a plane crash, set up a fragile community on a previously uninhabited island. As memories of home recede and the blood from frenzied pig-hunts arouses... Čítať ďalej
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... Čítať ďalej
Prvotina britského nositele Nobelovy ceny Williama Goldinga z roku 1954 je dodnes živou alegorií tyranie, fanatismu a vrozeného sklonu lidské povahy ke zlu. Během nespecifikované světové války se zřítí... Čítať ďalej