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En 2500, le journaliste Ulysse Mérou, le professeur Antelle et son disciple Arthur Levain participent à un vol intersidéral vers Bételgeuse. En se posant sur une planète curieusement semblable à la Terre ils découvrent qu'elle est habitée par des singes. Nouvelle édition.

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI TELLS THE STORY OF THREE POWS WHO ENDURE THE HELL OF THE JAPANESE CAMPS ON THE BURMA-SIAM RAILWAY - COLONEL NICHOLSON, A MAN PREPARED TO SACRIFICE HIS LIFE BUT NOT HIS DIGNITY, MAJOR WARDEN, A MODEST HERO, SABOTEUR AND DEADLY KILLER, COMMANDER SHEARS, WHO ESCAPED FROM HELL BUT WAS SENT BACK. ORDERED BY THE JAPANESE TO BUILD A BRIDGE, THE COLONEL REFUSES, AS IT IS AGAINST REGULATIONS FOR OFFICERS TO WORK WITH OTHER ...

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Der Originalroman von Pierre Boulle!In einem Raumschiff, das mit annähernd Lichtgeschwindigkeit durch das Weltall fliegt, reist der Journalist Ulysse Mérou zusammen mit zwei Wissenschaftlern zum Sternsystem Beteigeuze. Zu ihrer großen Überraschung finden sie einen Planeten, der unserer Erde gleicht. Doch eine noch größere Verblüffung erwartet sie: Auf Soror, so der Taufname durch die Entdecker, leben menschenähnliche Wesen! Diesen scheint jedo...

I am confiding this manuscript to space, not with the intention of saving myself, but to help, perhaps to avert the appalling scourge that is menacing the human race. Lord have pity on us!" So begins the extraordinary science fiction classic, a tale so full of imagination, originality, chilling credibility. With these words, Pierre Boulle hurtles the reader onto the Planet of the Apes. In this simian world, civilization is turned upside down: ...

The magnificent story of Colonel Nicholson, who built the perfect bridge - for the enemy. On its publication in France, this brilliant novel was awarded the Prix Ste. Beuve. Since its appearance in the USA and its presentation as a film, this compelling story has been awarded a succession of prizes in both the fields of entertainment and literature. This is a historical novel. It is based in part on factual events. It was made into the greates...

Excerpt from Opinion de Jean-Pierre Boullé, Député du Département du Morbihan, sur le Domaine Congéable: Séance du 16 Thermidor, An 5Sonterr ur1t souscrit vousmêm suivre n' 'cho'se' célèbre '6t aux venues nous appart pas, sans doute. De décider sr.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten...

Excerpt from Opinion de Jean-Pierre Boullé, Député du Département du Morbihan, sur le Domaine Congéable: Séance du 16 Thermidor, An 5Sonterr ur1t souscrit vousmêm suivre n' 'cho'se' célèbre '6t aux venues nous appart pas, sans doute. De décider sr.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten...

La Planete Des Singes. Klassika mirovoj antiutopii. Dejstvie knigi izvestnogo francuzskogo pisatelja P'era Bulja "Planeta obez'jan" proishodit v 2500 godu. Zhurnalist Uliss Meru popadaet na planetu, gde nositeljami razuma javljajutsja obez'jany. Ljudej, kotorye poterjali sposobnost' myslit' i govorit', vystavljajut v zooparkah i ispol'zujut dlja biologicheskih jeksperimentov. Ulissu udaetsja vojti v kontakt s dvumja uchenymi-shimpanze, kotorye...

In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. Captured and sent to a research facility, Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins.

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Un lungo messaggio, racchiuso in una bottiglia abbandonata ai flutti marini, narra la storia di Ulisse, giornalista e cosmonauta dilettante. La sua allucinante avventura ha avuto inizio con lo sbarco su Soror, un pianeta simile alla Terra e popolato da scimmie evolute che hanno ridotto la razza umana in schiavitù. Su Soror infatti le gerarchie fra essere umano e animale sono capovolte, e così tocca agli uomini essere sfruttati come cavie per i...

Long before The Hunger Games or Battle Royale, Pierre Boulle's darkly comic and twisted imagination came up with Desperate Games. Like his most famous masterpiece, The Planet of the Apes, Desperate Games is a dystopian sci-fi classic, imagining an alternate future where humans seal their own fate.

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1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out of a distorted sense of duty, aid his enemy. While on the outside, as the Allies race to destroy th...

The original novel that inspired the films! First published more than fifty years ago, Pierre Boulle's chilling novel launched one of the greatest science fiction sagas in motion picture history. In the not-too-distant future, three astronauts land on what appears to be a planet just like Earth, with lush forests, a temperate climate, and breathable air. But while it appears to be a paradise, nothing is what it seems. They soon discover the te...

Nove racconti che ogni assennato pedagogo vieterebbe ai suoi discepoli. Nove racconti molto poco edificanti che possono far perdere anche al più disincantato lettore adulto ogni residua speranza che nella natura degli esseri umani prevalga il bene. Solo il feroce candore della narrazione condotta funambolicamente - e cinicamente - sull'incerto confine tra il plausibile e l'assurdo riesce ad esorcizzare la disperante incomprensibilità della vita.

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Award-winning war fiction about three POWs who endure Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway.