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With an introduction by Andrew Martin Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. For Wilfred Barclay, novelist, the final unbearable irritation is Professor Rick L. Tucker, implacable in his determination to become The Barclay Man. Locked in a lethal relationship they stumble across Europe, shedding wives, self-respect and illusions. The climax of t...

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Eine Neuausgabe des Romans, den Literaturnobelpreisträger William Golding für seinen besten hielt In seinem Roman »Die Erben« reist Literaturnobelpreisträger William Golding in die Vorzeit zurück und versetzt uns in das Leben der Neandertaler. Es ist Frühling, der Stamm verlässt die Höhlen und sucht nach Nahrung. Es gibt erste Werkzeuge, es gibt Feuer und ein gemeinsame Sprache. Niemand ahnt, dass es die letzten Tage der Neandertaler sind ......

William Goldings großer historischer Roman Jocelin hat eine Vision: Gott hat ihn auserwählt, einen gewaltigen Turm zu bauen. Sein Baumeister warnt ihn, weil die alte Kathedrale kein sicheres Fundament hat. Doch Jocelin lässt sich nicht beirren. Der Turm wächst und wächst, und um ihn herum breiten sich Chaos und Gewalt aus... Ein eindringlicher Roman des Literaturnobelpreisträgers William Golding über Wahn und Fanatismus, Freiheit und Begehren.

Woher kommen wir? Wie frei sind wir?  Sammy Mountjoy, ein bekannter Künstler, gerät im Zweiten Weltkrieg in Kriegsgefangenschaft und erinnert sich an sein Leben. An die Kindheit in einem Slum. An die erste, unglückliche Liebe. An das Leben als Künstler ... Schonungslos und erzählerisch brillant stellt sich Literaturnobelpreisträger William Golding der Frage, wie frei wir eigentlich sind.

Locked in a lethal relationship, the two men stumble across Europe, shedding wives, self-respect and identities in a game of literary cat and mouse - and the climax of their odyssey, when it comes, is as inevitable as it is unexpected .

But in this claustrophobic community - stifled by the English class system, and where everybody knows everyone's business - love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment .

He emerges transfigured by his ordeal, realising how his choices have made him the author of his life, interrogating religion and rationality, early loves and formative beliefs - and questioning freedom itself. 'No living writer has represented the fragility of man's experience so marvellously as Golding.' A.S.

But there are still trials ahead, as the vessel is smashed against an ice cliff and blasted by a great storm, while the claustrophobic passengers battle erotic desires, masculine rivalry and violent power struggles - all experiencing a sea change in their natures.

Lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the second novel in the Booker Prize-winning Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies.

Introduced by Annie Proulx. lose yourself in an epic naval journey in this Booker Prize-winning novel: the first in the acclaimed Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies.

While mothers raise children in the bucolic Place of Women, Chimp is tormented by the Leopard Men in their brutal hunts, until he gains new wisdom . Imperial Rome. In an era of invention and exploration, the emperor realises he loves his illegitimate grandson more than his own loutish heir .

Meet the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece in this transporting tale of the classical world by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Bettany Hughes.

When a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong?'One of my favorite books - I read it every couple of years.' (Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games)A plane crashes on a desert island.

Golding's iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age. This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebra...

Presents a sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia.

Golding seduces us, transfixes, bewitches and confounds us.' Nicola Barker'The most powerful, and strangest, of all Golding's novels, and one of the great masterpieces of the twentieth-century.' Philip Hensher'A master craftsman in [his] magic ...