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Synopsis
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 darknesses of our time.
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A vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes . . . [Golding] emerges like Merlin the wizard to cast a new spell . . . "Darkness Visible" is magic. -"The New York Times Book Review"
A brilliantly spooky novel . . . Written with great insight and a surprising humor, it is a thorough pleasure to read. -"The Atlantic Monthly"
"Darkness Visible, " it must be said at once, restores a living force among us . . . An intensity of vision without parallel. -Frank Tuohy, "The Times Literary Supplement"
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Set in the midst Blitz, The Darkness Visible is the classic novel by Nobel Prize for literature winner and author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0374135029
- ISBN 13 9780374135027
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages265
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hideously scarred and orphaned during the bombing of London, Matty sees himself as set apart from others, and his wanderings bring him into contact with Mr. Pedigree, a respected teacher and obsessed pederast, and Sophy and Toni, angelic-looking terrorist twins Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123663302
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. A stated first American edition, 1979. William Golding's novel is the story of Matty, a boy who emerges from the London blitz with severe disfigurement of his face, despite which he develops into a person of selfless kindness. --- In gold paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling and gold topstain. Jacket features Russell Drysdale's "The Rainmaker" to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with a couple of mild black streaks to front cover. Unclipped jacket with a little creasing to extremities, else bright, inact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (12), 9-265 pages. Seller Inventory # 86090
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Darkness Visible
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fourth Printing. Good in Good jacket Very Good/Very Good 8vo-over 7Ã,¾"-9Ã,¾" 0374135029 book and jacket in very good condition, former owner's library stamp embossed on second page, little shelf wear to edges of boards or jacket, no soiling to book or jacket, nice clean pages, binding is tight and square. Seller Inventory # 007338
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