Darkness visible
Record details
- ISBN: 0374530513
- ISBN: 9780374530518
- Physical Description: 259 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Paperback ed.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007, ©1979.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction by A.S. Byatt -- Part One Matty -- Part Two Sophy -- Part Three -- One is one. |
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Genre: | Medical fiction. Fiction. Medical fiction. Fiction. Medical novels. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | F GOLDING (Text) | 000150738 | Fiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
Darkness Visible : A Novel
William Golding was born in Cornwall, England on September 19, 1911. Although educated to be a scientist at the request of his father, he developed an interest in literature. At Oxford University, he studied natural science for two years and then transferred to a program for English literature and philosophy. He eventually became a schoolmaster at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. During World War II, he joined the Royal Navy and was involved in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. After the war, he returned to Bishop Wordsworth's School and taught there until 1962. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and was made into a film in 1963. His other novels include The Inheritors, Free Fall, The Spire, The Pyramid, The Paper Men, Close Quarters, and Fire down Below. He won the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He also wrote plays, essays, and short stories. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. He died on June 19, 1993. (Bowker Author Biography)