Darkness visible
Material type: TextPublication details: London Faber & Faber 1980Description: 265pISBN: 0571116469Subject(s): English literature- Fiction | Great Britain | Burns and scalds--Patients | English fiction | Orphans | Twins | Women terrorists | England | Disfigured personsDDC classification: 823.914 Summary: At the height of the London blitz, a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved yet hideously scarred, 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, as he draws them toward a final conflagration, his book lights up both the inner and outer darknesses of our time.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Stack | Stack | 823.914 GOL/D (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 04529 |
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At the height of the London blitz, a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved yet hideously scarred, 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, as he draws them toward a final conflagration, his book lights up both the inner and outer darknesses of our time.
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