The Day of the Triffids
de Wyndham, John
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Librería
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Northridge, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Michael Joseph. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. Spine lean, bumped corners, foxing to endpages. 4/6 written on fep. Slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket in mylar states price of 10s. 6d. Faint stamp to back flap. Jacket spine ends chipped; tape and small closed tear to back panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Sinopsis
The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. Although Wyndham had already published other novels, this was the first published under the John Wyndham pen-name. It established him as an important writer, and remains his best known novel. When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day. The Day of the Triffids , published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before.
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- Librería
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16940
- Título
- The Day of the Triffids
- Autor
- Wyndham, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Michael Joseph
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
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