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The Chrysalids de John Wyndham

The Chrysalids: Penguin Essentials, cartea 78

Autor John Wyndham Introducere de M. John Harrison
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iun 2018
'WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT!'

It is many years since God sent the Tribulation to punish the forebears for their sins, and in the rural settlement of Waknuk David Strorm's father decries any and all blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that David and his cousin Rosalind, have their own secret aberration which would label them as mutants. But as they grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait for eventual discovery, or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badlands. . .

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241983928
ISBN-10: 0241983924
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 111 x 181 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Penguin Essentials

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903, the son of a barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. From 1930 to 1939 he wrote short stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing detective novels. During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called 'logical fantasy'. As John Wyndham he wroteThe Day of the Triffids,The Kraken Wakes,The Chrysalids,The Midwich Cuckoos(filmed asVillage of the Damned),The Seeds of Time,Trouble with Lichen,The Outward Urge,Consider Her Ways and Others,WebandChocky. John Wyndham died in March 1969.

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Perfect timing, astringent humour . . . One of the few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence
Remains fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpected way

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A powerful post-apocalyptic allegory of persecution and intolerance, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of John Wyndham's science fiction masterpiece The Day of the Triffids contains an introduction by M. John Harrison.

Nuclear war has devastated the world, bringing with it a host of genetic mutations. In the bleak, primitive society that has emerged from its ruins, any sign of deviation, no matter how small, is ruthlessly rooted out and destroyed. David lives in fear of discovery, for he is part of a secret group of children who are able to communicate with each other by transferring thought-shapes into each other's minds. As they grow older, they feel increasingly isolated. Then one of them marries a 'norm', with terrifying consequences.

John Wyndham (1903-1969) the son of a barrister, tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising before writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. After serving in the Civil Service and the Army during the Second World War, he decided to try writing a modified form of Science Fiction, which he called 'logical fantasy'. Among his most famous books are The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Kraken Wakes (1953), The Chrysalids (1955), The Midwich Cuckoos (1957, filmed twice as Village of the Damned), Trouble with Lichen (1960), and Chocky (1968).

If you enjoyed The Chrysalids, you might like Arthur Miller's The Crucible, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'One of those few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence'
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