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
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
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