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Inheritors (Paperback)

by William Golding (Author)
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When the spring came the people - what was left of them - moved back by the old paths from the sea. But this year strange things were happening, terrifying things that had never happened before. There were inexplicable sounds and smells, new, unimaginable creatures half-glimpsed through the leaves: a new race of men and women. Though they did not know it yet, though they were never really to know it, the day of the people was over. It had ended a long time ago. The Inheritors is a brilliant imaginative recreation of the lost world of the Neanderthals, and of the Neanderthals' successors - the first humans


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William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and was present at the sinking of the Bismarck. His first novel, Lord of the Files, was published in 1954. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983, and was knighted in 1988. He died in 1993

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece. Golding's Greatest Achievement., Nov 26 2006
By G. Thomas (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inheritors (Hardcover)
I'll try not to riddle this review with purple prose of praise. The title is sufficient. I will say that the genius of this book lies entirely in its point of view: that of the Neanderthal, that stage in humanity where we were driven primarily by our senses and instincts. Golding's genius lies in his ability to make us experience the limitations of pure sense perception and severely limited thought process (they think in 'pictures'). For example Lok sees the 'ears of the trees' or the 'bones of the earth'. It is up to us to interpret what Lok is looking at (in this case mushrooms and rocks).

I'm going to issue out two tips or warnings, or w/e you'd like to call them. Firstly, this is a very challenging read. You must be more patient here than with other books. Every line counts. Turn down the music, shut off the TV, put the kids to bed. It demands the full power of your imagination and intellect. There are still scenes which I do not understand. Secondly, if there was ever a book where one ought to read on until the very, very last line, this is it. As my eyes and mind went through the final words, I set the book down and stared ahead, not knowing what to think. My body was affected somehow. Golding had hit a mark in all of us, all at once. And he does it so perfectly. If you start this book, finish it.

I'm going to make the bold statement of placing this amongst those tough, but ever rewarding masterpieces such as Paradise Lost. Obviously not the same genre, and not as epic. But powerful. So powerful.
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