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In this novel the reader is taken into the lives and minds of very primitive men with few verbal skills but who have learned to... Read More
I too am appalled by the number of ignorant uninformed amazon reviews of the inheritors by william golding
There’s simply no word for them in the limited language of the neanderthals just as there are no words to name most of what the... Read More
The carving that one of the homo sapiens sapiens works on at the end of the novel symbolises a future where the surviving nea... Read More
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It is not just that landscape in itself that is impressionable but also how it is perceived by the neanderthals and their mindd... Read More
Competitiveness
Golding imagines these people as being essentially preverbal and it is a testiment to his skill as a writer that he can creat... Read More
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- This product had a total of 242 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 6 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I will reread this book over and over again i know
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Golding is truly great and this book is greater in my opinion than the oftassigned lord of the flies
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The point of view that of lok a not especially bright young neanderthal man is fascinating
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Third perhaps even more than in his more famous book lord of the flies golding raises fascinating questions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Finally i guess in spite of its horrifying aspects the book is not without beauty and hope
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I didnt like it at all at first confusing to follow and know the main characters and their relationships to each other
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The indirect firstperson voice of lok the central character filters the utter strangeness of the new people who will edge out those we call the neanderthals
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Golding intensifies the natural setting so that sunsets redden and shadows lengthen in intensified descriptions
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