A reissue of the tour de force by the Nobel laureate that is "a vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes" (The New York Times Book Review). It opens during the London blitz, when a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire; that child, Matty, becomes a wanderer and a seeker. Two more lost children await him, twins as exquisite as they are loveless. In a final conflagration, William Golding's book lights up both the inner and outer darkness's of our time.
Darkness Visible by William Golding, A. S. Byatt (Introduction)
William Golding (1911–93) was born in Cornwall, England. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and became an international bestseller. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
ISBN-13: 9780374530518
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 05/15/2007
Series: FSG Classics
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)
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