Darkness Visible

by William Golding

2020-12-31 21:47:19

With an introduction by Philip Hensher Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Darkness Visible opens at the height of the London Blitz, when a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved but hideously scarred, soon t... Read more
With an introduction by Philip Hensher Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Darkness Visible opens at the height of the London Blitz, when a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved but hideously scarred, soon tormented at school and at work, Matty becomes a wanderer, a seeker after some unknown redemption. Two more lost children await him, twins as exquisite as they are loveless. Toni dabbles in political violence; Sophy, in sexual tyranny. As Golding weaves their destinies together, his book reveals both the inner and outer darkness of our time. ''An intensity of vision without parallel.'' TLS ''A vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes ... Magic.'' New York Times Book Review ''One of the most moving books I''ve ever read.'' Myrna Blumberg, The Times ''A brilliantly spooky novel ... Written with great insight and a surprising humour, it is a thorough pleasure to read.'' Atlantic Monthly Less

Book Details

File size8.75 X 6.35 X 0.68 in
Print pages288
PublisherFarrar Straus Giroux
Publication date August 31, 2006
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780374530518
Sir William Gerald Golding, CBE FRSL (19 Sep 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he would go on to publish ano...

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