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Pas de couverture — William Golding: Lord of the Flies (Hardcover, 2007, Putnam)

Livre relié, 200 pages

Publié 27 mars 2007 par Putnam.

ISBN :: 978-0-399-53406-5

(2 critiques)

Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. The novel, which was Golding's debut, was generally well received. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003, it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and in 2005 Time magazine named it as one of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005, and included it in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Popular reading in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, Lord of …

Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. The novel, which was Golding's debut, was generally well received. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003, it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and in 2005 Time magazine named it as one of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005, and included it in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Popular reading in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, Lord of the Flies was ranked third in the nation's favourite books from school in a 2016 UK poll.

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Nobody a publié une critique de Sa majesté des mouches par William Golding

Sa majesté des mouches

5 étoiles

Avertissement sur le contenu Léger spoiler (j'évoque l'évolution générale de l'histoire sans rentrer dans les détails)

C’est malin de n’avoir mis que des enfants dans cette robinsonade, parce qu’on n’a pas de mal à croire à leurs comportements les plus insensés – après tout ce ne sont que des enfants – et ça rend l’histoire d’autant plus perturbante quand leur microsociété se révèle un miroir de la notre, et met en lumière toutes les facettes de l’âme humaine. Ça nous interroge sur nos comportements d'adultes soit-disant civilisés, matures et responsables, sur la nature de nos sociétés, et sur la nature humaine. Et cette image de nous même que nous renvoie le roman est d’autant plus glaçante qu’elle sonne juste.

On devine dès le début que leur aventure ne va pas bien se passer, que ça va dégénérer, mais on ne se doute pas à quel point. Ça commence gentiment, mais la tension va augmenter doucement, gagner progressivement en intensité, jusqu’au final qui nous laisse le cœur battant, le sang figé. Ça ne m’étonne pas que ce livre ait autant influencé Stephen King.

Pour conclure, je dirais que c’est un roman puissant, assez pessimiste, mais que j’ai trouvé étonnement d’actualité. Ou peut-être qu’il est juste intemporel.

Mannivu a publié une critique de Il signore delle mosche par William Golding

Tensivo

4 étoiles

Un gruppo di ragazzini vittima di un incidente aereo deve costruire una mini-società per sopravvivere in un'isola deserta. In un climax di tensione, scontri e adolescenza, il libro racconta le disavventure di ragazzi che cercano di fare quello che possono di fronte alla natura ostile, fuori e dentro di loro.