{"product_id":"lord-of-the-flies-1","title":"Lord of the flies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding's profound tale of stranded youth, survival, and the shadowy depths of human nature, with an afterword by Lois Lowry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e is one of my favorite books. I still read it every couple of years.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--Suzanne Collins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the next World War, a plane crash strands a group of schoolboys on a remote island. There are no grownups. No rules. Freedom is celebrated. But when strange, distant noises and visions of a beast begin to haunt the boys, their fragile order unravels, and all hopes of rescue fade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 1954, William Golding's \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies \u003c\/i\u003ehas shaped our understanding of human nature--the latent darkness within, and the destructive or creative capacity of collective will. This edition also includes Suggestions for Further Exploration by Jennifer Buehler to contextualize Golding's classic as one of the most timeless and socially relevant texts in the last century of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University. His first book, \u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy during World War II, Golding wrote \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e while teaching school. It was the first of several works, including the novels \u003ci\u003ePincher Martin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFree Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/i\u003e and a play, \u003ci\u003eThe Brass Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Golding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47542948397341,"sku":"9780399501487","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780399501487.jpg?v=1780065602","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/lord-of-the-flies-1","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}