As spring arrives, the remaining people return from the sea, but they encounter terrifying and unprecedented events. Unbeknownst to them, their time as a people is already coming to an end.
'Aimée de Jongh's stunning reimagining has a visceral impact all its own .' The Times 'Beautifully imagined ... so poignant and relevant.' CHRIS MOULD 'Just as compelling and evocative as Golding's world-shaking masterpiece.' Comics Review Before The Stand and The Hunger Games, before Battle Royale and Yellowjackets, there was Lord of the Flies. A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors, a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches. By night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast and of what they've lost. 'There aren't any grown-ups anywhere.' Orphaned by society, they must forge their own; but it isn't long before the group is split, and their innocent games take a dangerous turn. 'What are we? Humans? Or Animals?' For the first time, from acclaimed artist Aimée de Jongh, comes the stunning graphic novel adaptation of this classic story, one of the BBC's '100 Novels that shaped our World'.
A Moving Target is a collection of essays and lectures written by William Golding. It was first published in 1982 by Faber and Faber but subsequent reprints included Golding's Nobel Prize lecture which he gave after being awarded the honour in 1983.The book is divided into the two sections of "Places" and "Ideas".
The story begins with a plane crash that leaves a group of children stranded on a deserted island, initially leading to innocent play and exploration. However, as time passes, their games take a dark turn, revealing the underlying savagery and primal instincts that emerge in the absence of adult supervision. The narrative explores themes of civilization versus savagery, the loss of innocence, and the inherent darkness within humanity.
This novel completes Golding's trilogy, begun with "Rites of Passage" and continued with "Close Quarters". The author won the Booker Prize for "Rites of Passage" and was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1983.
The classic Golding novel republished with a beautiful new jacket.
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